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Health & Wellness News tagged with england

Schoolgirl Dies After Receiving Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Health & Wellness  (tags: England, death, investigation, interesting, treatment, risks, women, safety, warning, protection, prevention )

Sally
- 58 days ago - smh.com.au
The girl was one of four students who fell ill a short time after being given the Cervarix vaccination against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) at a school in Coventry, central England, as part of a national immunisation programme.
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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
- 204 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
- 225 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
- 232 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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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
- 358 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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Scientists Discover 21st Century Black Plague That Spreads From Rats to Humans
Health & Wellness  (tags: england, animals, brown rats, black plague, humans, rats, illness, disease, science )

Jacquelin
- 366 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A new plague which jumps from rats to humans has been discovered by scientists. Fears are growing that increasing numbers of brown rats - the most common kind in Europe - are carrying a strain of bacteria that can cause serious illness in humans from h
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Windpipe Transplant Breakthrough - Spain/England
Health & Wellness  (tags: spain, bristol, england, windpipe, transplant, stem cells, health, technology, good news )

Chrissy
- 371 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Scientists in Spain have carried out the world's first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant - a windpipe - made with a patient's own stem cells. The groundbreaking technology also means for the first time tissue transplants can be carried out without
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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
- 372 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
- 377 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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Stem Cell Hope for Bone Fractures - UK/England
Health & Wellness  (tags: uk, england, scientists, bones, stem cells, breaks, cartiledge )

Chrissy
- 647 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
UK scientists hope to mend shattered bones and damaged cartilage using a patient's own stem cells. They are developing a "bioactive scaffold" to protect the stem cells and encourage them to grow into bone or cartilage when placed in the body.
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Spinal Injury Regeneration Hope - UK/England
Health & Wellness  (tags: uk, england, spinal injury, regeneration, university, researchers )

Chrissy
- 648 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Scientists believe they are close to a significant breakthrough in the treatment of spinal injuries. The University of Cambridge team is developing a treatment which could potentially allow damaged nerve fibres to regenerate within the spinal cord.
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Restaurant Owner's 'Spongy' Handshake With GP Saves Man's Life After Doctor Recognised Rare Killer Brain Tumour - UK/England
Health & Wellness  (tags: uk, england, doctor, brain tumour, life, health, disease )

Chrissy
- 650 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
It was nothing more than a warm handshake between two people meeting for the first time - but it was a gesture that saved Mark Gurrieri's life. The hand that clasped his belonged to a GP, Dr Chris Britt, who noticed a 'fleshy and spongy' feeling which
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'Care Home Left My Mother Looking Like a Concentration Camp Victim' - UK/England
Health & Wellness  (tags: uk, england, aged care, death, woman, healthcare, warning )

Chrissy
- 650 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A tiny and almost skeletal figure slumped against the white pillow, the image is a haunting one. Even more so because just a month before this shocking picture was taken Molly Darby, 94, walked into a care home in good physical health.
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Seven-Year-Old's Joy as Surgeons Remove Huge Birthmark That Covered Half Her Face - UK/England
Health & Wellness  (tags: england, uk, birthmark, child, happy ending, face )

Chrissy
- 664 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
When Becky Prosser poses for a photo these days, her pretty face and beaming smile light up the room. It is heart warming sight considering the desperate weeks and months that followed her birth. Becky, who is now seven, was born with a tiny red blotch on
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Smokers Kicking Habit After Ban - UK/England
Health & Wellness  (tags: england, uk, smoking, cigarettes, ban, nhs, bad habit )

Chrissy
- 667 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Nearly 165,000 people in England gave up smoking with the help of the NHS last summer, when lighting up was banned in enclosed public spaces.
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