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Ethan Martin (5), a patient at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald, has a laugh with 'ClownDoctor' Paul Taylor, aka 'Dr Clooless'

'ClownDoctors' do the rounds to cheer up sick children

They say laughter is the best medicine. If that is really the case then some of Northern Ireland’s sick children are due a hefty dose with new ‘ClownDoctors’ set to be doing the rounds on wards.
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Inside Health

Diabetes scare as three kids taken to A&E each week

Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Almost 190 children in Northern Ireland are rushed to hospital every year with life-threatening complications linked to diabetes, new figures have revealed.
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Genetic test could show how quickly you’ll age

Monday, 8 February 2010

A genetic test for how quickly a person will age over the course of a lifetime may soon be possible, following a study that has for the first time identified DNA variations in the population that can be linked with biological ageing.
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What do we know about heart illness? Not much, apparently

Monday, 8 February 2010

Heart disease kills over four times as many women in Northern Ireland as breast cancer — but a study has found an alarming lack of knowledge about the condition.
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Gordon Brown set to reform community healthcare

Monday, 8 February 2010

Gordon Brown will promise a “personalised” revolution in health and social care today, with one-to-one support at home for all cancer patients.
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Shortage of junior doctors may lead to cut in services

Saturday, 6 February 2010

A shortage of junior doctors in Northern Ireland could lead to services being suspended and patients waiting longer and travelling further for treatments, a leading medical union has warned.
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Variations in hospital care ‘unacceptable’

Friday, 5 February 2010

Road accident, stabbing and shooting casualties receive “unacceptable” variations in care depending on the hospital they are taken to, a report revealed today.
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Belgian coma patient communicated using thoughts

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Scientists have reached into the world of a “lost” brain damaged patient and communicated with him via his thoughts.
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New campaign in bid to raise cancer awareness

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Every week over 130 people across Northern Ireland are given the devastating and potentially life-threatening news they have cancer.
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‘Wild child’ streak can be sign of a genius

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Irish playwright Oscar Wilde, rock star Kurt Cobain, Lord Byron, Picasso and Sir Walter Raleigh all shared a developmental disorder which helped their talents to flourish, it was claimed today.
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Cot death babies ‘lack key brain chemical’

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Cot death babies lack a key brain chemical that regulates breathing, heart rate and sleep, research has shown.
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For every pound spent on dementia studies, £12 is spent on investigating cancer

Dementia 'costing UK £23bn a year'

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Dementia costs the country £23 billion per year and more than cancer and heart disease combined but receives a fraction of the funding, according to a "wake up call" report.
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Souvenir scans ‘may risk babies’ health’

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

They have become a must-have for excited parents-to-be, with their amazingly detailed depiction of unborn babies in three-dimensional realism.
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New gene discovery could help patients with breast cancer

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

A new gene discovery could lead to more personalised treatment for breast cancer patients, scientists in Belfast have announced.
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Cereal maker accused of double standards over ad

Monday, 1 February 2010

Parents have accused the cereal maker Kellogg's of hypocrisy for suggesting pupils snack on Coco Pops while publicly backing a government campaign against child obesity.
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New morning after pill 'can work for up to five days'

Friday, 29 January 2010

A new morning after pill that could prevent pregnancy for nearly a week after unprotected sex has been hailed as an “exciting” step forward by the pro-choice lobby.
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MMR doctor who took kids’ blood at party ‘abused trust’

Friday, 29 January 2010

Andrew Wakefield, the doctor who suggested the MMR vaccine might cause autism, leading to a collapse in immunisation levels nationwide, “showed a callous disregard” for the suffering of children and “abused his position of trust” during the conduct of his research, a disciplinary panel ruled yesterday.

An MPs' report says hospitals are not doing enough to make chlamydia screening programme work

Chlamydia measures 'inadequate'

Thursday, 28 January 2010

The Government has no idea if a programme to drive down chlamydia infections is having an effect, MPs have claimed.
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Uproar over decision to mix hospital wards

Thursday, 28 January 2010

Patients and carers of people being treated in a Belfast psychiatric hospital have slammed controversial plans to mix male and female wards.
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We’re living longer, but in poor health

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

We're living longer — but our old age is not spent in good health, a new report finds.
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Quit smoking to double rate of surviving lung cancer

Friday, 22 January 2010

People diagnosed with early stage lung cancer can double their chances of survival over five years if they stop smoking compared with those who continue to smoke, a report out today has said.
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