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We Should Focus on What Health Care Reform Will Look Like,More Than When It Will Happen.
Health & Wellness  (tags: Sweden, Denmark, Holland, France, UK, Australia, Cuba, Venuzuela, Britain, Spain, Norway, Finland, Germany )

Panda Eat
- 140 days ago - alternet.org
Well look across the world,at examples of working healthcare systems...
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Swine Flu Vaccine to Be Cleared After Five-Day Trial
Health & Wellness  (tags: disease, vaccine, clinical trials, rush, adults, elderly, Britain, healthcare, death, drugs, research, risks, children, health )

Raffi
- 155 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
The path of a popular medicine from the laboratory to the chemist or doctor's surgery can involve years of clinical trials on a select group of patients. When the new vaccine for swine flu arrives in Britain, regulators said this weekend, it could
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ON THIS DAY - 1955: Dr Salk Promotes Polio Vaccine in UK
Health & Wellness  (tags: on this day, polio, uk, britain, england, salk, dr salk, vaccine, london )

Chrissy
- 222 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Dr Jonas Salk, the world-famous American virologist currently on a trip to the UK, has witnessed a ceremonial polio vaccination in London. Margaret Jenkins, aged 21, of Bromley in Kent became the 500,000th person in London to receive the polio vaccine in
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Drug Offers Hope on Alzheimer's - Britain
Health & Wellness  (tags: britain, uk, england, drug, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's, science, disease )

Chrissy
- 244 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A new drug which shows promise as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease has been developed by UK scientists. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports the drug, CPHPC, removes a protein thought to play a key role in Alzheimer's from the
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Institute of Cancer Research Finds Melanoma Gene Trigger - Britain
Health & Wellness  (tags: britain, uk, england, cancer, melanoma, skin cancer, gene, research, sun )

Chrissy
- 250 days ago - news.com.au
MOST melanoma skin cancers may be triggered by a gene mutation that causes cells to become cancerous after excessive exposure to the sun. The discovery could lead to better treatments for the most deadly form of skin cancer after scientists at Britain's
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Cancer Drug 'Fuels Tumour Growth' - Britain
Health & Wellness  (tags: uk, britain, scientists, research, cancerm drugs, tumour, blood )

Chrissy
- 267 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A type of drug designed to stunt tumour growth has actually been found to fuel cancer if given at too low a dose. UK scientists were investigating a kind of drug called an anti-angiogenesis, still under development, which hampers the growth of tumour bloo
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Surgeon Saves Boy's Life By Text - UK/Africa
Health & Wellness  (tags: uk, britain, england, surgeon, congo, africa, surgery, Medecins Sans Frontieres, MSF, amputation, sms, tect )

Chrissy
- 376 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A British doctor volunteering in DR Congo used text message instructions from a colleague to perform a life-saving amputation on a boy. Vascular surgeon David Nott helped the 16-year-old while working 24-hour shifts with medical charity Medecins Sans Fron
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Motor Neurone Disease Clue Found - England
Health & Wellness  (tags: london, england, uk, britain, motor neuron disease, health, research, mnd, scientists )

Chrissy
- 391 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Scientists have identified a molecule which could be key to understanding the cause of motor neurone disease (MND) and other neurodegenerative disorders. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study raise the hope of new treatments being ....
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On This Day: November 13th 1969: Quintuplets Born at London Hospital
Health & Wellness  (tags: babies, quins, quintuplets, multible, birth, england, london, uk, britain, drs, first )

Chrissy
- 396 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Britain's first live quintuplets born this century are making satisfactory progress at Queen Charlotte's maternity hospital in London. Doctors say the next few days will be critical for the five girls born to Irene Hanson, aged 33, and her husband John ..
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HP Author JK Rowling Admits Depression, 'Suicidal Thoughts'
Health & Wellness  (tags: jkr, jk rowling, depression, suicidal, harry potter, writer, author, uk, britain, therapy )

Cissy
- 631 days ago - ukpress.google.com
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has admitted she contemplated suicide while suffering from depression following the breakdown of her first marriage. The writer was prescribed cognitive behavioural therapy after suffering "suicidal thoughts" in the
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One-Stop Clinics 'Are the Future' - UK/Britain
Health & Wellness  (tags: uk, britain, doctors, clinics, medical, health, health care, prevention )

Chrissy
- 667 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Clinics manned by a single doctor should be replaced by one-stop health shops run by several GPs, health minister Lord Darzi has told the BBC. So-called 'polyclinics', which house GPs alongside medical services normally offered at hospitals, are better
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The Romans Carried Out Cataract Ops - UK/Britain
Health & Wellness  (tags: uk, britain, health, romans, eye care, cataracts )

Chrissy
- 674 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Think of the Roman legacy to Britain and many things spring to mind - straight roads, under-floor heating, aqueducts and public baths. But they were also pioneers in the health arena - particularly in the area of eye care, with remedies for various eye
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Pill 'Stopped 100,000 UK Deaths' - UK/Britain
Health & Wellness  (tags: uk, britain, the pill, contraceptive pill, ovarian cancer, lives, women )

Chrissy
- 690 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
At least 100,000 deaths from ovarian cancer have been prevented in the UK by the contraceptive pill over 50 years, research has concluded. The Oxford University team said the pill's rising popularity meant 30,000 new cases will soon be avoided each year,
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Vomiting Bug 'Hits Three Million'
Health & Wellness  (tags: doctor, norovirus, vomiting, stomach bug, england, uk, wales, britain, sick, illness, serious, diarrhoea )

Cissy
- 703 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Almost three million people have been affected by the norovirus stomach bug so far this winter, figures suggest. Doctors advise people to stay at home for 48 hours after symptoms have gone to cut the risk of the bug spreading.
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Cancers 'Could Be Destroyed By Cattle Viruses' - UK/Britain
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, virus, treatments, trials, cow, britain, uk, scientists, horse )

Chrissy
- 705 days ago - independent.ie
Viruses carried by white blood cells have the potential to wipe out spreading cancer, research suggests. Scientists in Britain have demonstrated that the technique works, using a virus normally found in horses and cattle, to eradicate cancer in mice.
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