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Home birth warning after baby death
A doctor has warned that home births should only take place within 20
minutes travel of a hospital.
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GPs’ swine flu vaccine programme is on target
Friday, 6 November 2009
Health chiefs have moved to reassure the public that the swine flu vaccination
programme will be completed by the December deadline after it was confirmed
there were two more swine flu-related deaths over the past week.
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Cells ‘damaged from a distance’
Friday, 6 November 2009
Nanoparticles can damage DNA from a distance by affecting biological signals,
scientists at the University of Bristol have shown.
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Superbug probe over hospital deaths
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
An investigation is under way to find out if the deaths of two elderly
patients in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda are linked to a serious
outbreak of the superbug C Diff which has led to a major curtailment in
services.
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Have experts found cure for leukaemia?
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Scientists have discovered a new drug which they claim is able to kill
leukaemia.
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Men twice as likely to have diabetes
Monday, 2 November 2009
Men over the age of 50 are almost twice as likely as women to have |diabetes
without knowing it, it was claimed today.
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Exercise will cut diabetes say doctors
Friday, 30 October 2009
A healthy diet and regular exercise can reduce the long-term likelihood of
diabetes by a third in people at high risk of the disease, research has
shown.
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Experts warn over ticking timebomb of Type 2 diabetes
Friday, 30 October 2009
Northern Ireland is in dire need of an NHS diabetes screening service to
tackle exploding numbers of the life-threatening condition being fuelled by
rising levels of obesity.
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Rise in Northern Ireland elderly dying from cold
Friday, 30 October 2009
The number of older people in Northern Ireland dying from the cold reached its
highest level for almost a decade last winter, it was revealed today.
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Swine flu mum is ‘stable’
Thursday, 29 October 2009
A woman who was transferred from Northern Ireland to a London hospital for
treatment after being diagnosed with swine flu shortly after giving birth is
in a stable condition.
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Everyone at high flu risk to get vaccine by December
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Health officials have moved to reassure the public that the swine flu
vaccination programme in Northern Ireland will be completed as soon as
possible.
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Drugs chief: Alcohol more dangerous than ecstasy, LSD and cannabis
Thursday, 29 October 2009
The British Government's chief drug adviser has sparked controversy by
claiming ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less dangerous than cigarettes and alcohol.
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Curry spice 'begins to kill cancer within 24 hours'
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Spices in curry may help to cure a certain type of cancer, new research shows.
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Boy rushed to hospital after swine flu jab
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
The safety of Northern Ireland’s swine flu vaccination programme was called into question today by the parent of a young special needs pupil who ended up in hospital just hours after getting the jab.
McGimpsey cash concern
Monday, 26 October 2009
Cash being spent to tackle the swine flu pandemic in Northern Ireland is
coming off other health priorities, the Health Minister has warned.
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Trial on obesity drug ‘promising’
Friday, 23 October 2009
People taking the highest dose of a new anti-obesity drug lost more than a
stone in weight in 20 weeks, a study has shown.
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Scientists closer to womb transplant breakthrough
Thursday, 22 October 2009
British scientists believe they are a step closer to carrying out the
first-ever successful womb transplant.
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Closing swine flu schools: wrong response or wise precaution?
Thursday, 22 October 2009
The Departments of Education and Health have both been adamant that schools
should remain open as far as possible even in the face of a swine flu
pandemic.
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Why are Northern Ireland swine flu death schools still open?
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Health chiefs were today called on to close special needs schools dealing with
swine flu outbreaks as the number of pupils dying with the virus rose to
four.
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Swine flu jabs get under way
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
The government’s vaccination programme to slow the spread of swine flu will
get under way today with frontline health workers the first of the priority
groups to receive the vaccine.
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Dad of suicide teen backs BMA plan to help victims
Friday, 16 October 2009
The father of a teenager who died by suicide has called for the British
Medical Association recommendations on mental health provision to be
implemented.
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It doesn't require a Leap of faith to support the growing calls for a radical rethink of policy on drugs and in particular on the decriminalisation of cannabis.
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