2015年1月16日 星期五

2015-01-17 Ireland Health


Irish Examiner
   
Girl with cancer denied medical card   
Irish Examiner
A woman who quit her job to help her nine-year-old daughter battle cancer has claimed that the HSE is still failing vulnerable patients after their medical card request was turned down. Mother-of-four Angela O Connor made the allegation a day after her ...

'Please, have a heart' - mother of girl (9) battling cancer pleads with HSE for ...   Irish Independent
HSE refuse to give medical card to 9-year-old Lucy O'Connor who is battling ...   Irish Mirror
"Watch my daughter lie on the floor vomiting" - Mother of child battling cancer ...   Newstalk 106-108 fm

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Irish Independent
   
Mutant flu virus poses greatest risk to elderly, warns the HSE   
Irish Independent
THE illness caused by the mutant strain of flu, which is not covered by this winter's vaccine, is most severe on the elderly, health officials warned yesterday. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The strain has changed ...

Cracking the vaccine conundrum   Irish Examiner
Flu vaccine paradox adds to public health debate   CBC.ca
CDC Reports, This Year's Influenza Vaccine Is Only 23% Effective   Capitalberg
Daily Times   
KESQ   
The Province   
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Irish Times
   
Counting the cost of cancer as drug rationing introduced   
Irish Times
Anne Strange was too ill to dance at the evening reception when her daughter, Debbie, married in November but just being there was enough. The 63-year-old Londoner was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 and the disease has since spread to her liver, ...

For all the medical advances, we can't escape death. That's why I'd rather live ...   The Independent
NHS England de-lists 'vital' cancer drugs   getwestlondon
Hatfield drug company blasts Government after cancer drug taken off the market   Times 24
Manx Radio   
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International Business Times
   
Johnson & Johnson Ebola groups get $117M in funding   
Businessweek
NEW YORK (AP) — Johnson & Johnson is working with a slew of organizations to speed up development of an Ebola vaccine, and the company said Friday that a European health organization awarded them $117 million. Johnson & Johnson said the ...

J&J receives €100m EU injection for Ebola vaccine development   Financial Times
J&J Gets Grant to Speed Up Ebola Vaccine   Wall Street Journal
Johnson & Johnson receives $115 million to accelerate Ebola vaccine ...   National Monitor
Reuters   
Channel News Asia   
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New York Daily News
   
Wearing high heels wreaks havoc on your knees: study   
New York Daily News
Your boots may have been made for walking, but they aren't doing your knees any favors. Wearing heels that are at least 3.5 inches tall could prematurely age knee joints and increase a woman's risk of developing osteoarthritis (OA), according to a new study.
Killer heels could lead to osteoarthritis in knees, warn scientists   Telegraph.co.uk
Wearing killer high heels could lead to osteoarthritis, study warns   NHS Choices
Heels could harm knees   Sunday World
National Post   
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Business Standard
   
Is cancer just bad luck?   
Business Standard
On January 2 Science journal published an article that said two-thirds of cancers in adults across tissues are primarily “bad luck”. The research paper — “Variation in cancer risk among tissues can be explained by the number of stem cell divisions” — explains ...

Kramer: Our Cancer Risk is not Written in the Stars   The Cancer Letter Publications
Cancer, bad luck and some lessons in science reporting   Genetic Literacy Project
Why the 'Cancer Due to Bad Luck' Story Needs Revision   Medscape
Irish Examiner   
Science Careers Blog (subscription)   
Oncology Nurse Advisor   
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Fusion
   
Teen from El Salvador may be pardoned from 30-year sentence for having a ...   
VOXXI
Dozens of women are imprisoned every year in El Salvador for having abortions or miscarriages. FILE – People gathered in protest in front of the Salvadoran Embassy in Mexico in 2013. The protestors are calling the change in abortion laws in the Central ...

17 women remain imprisoned in El Salvador for miscarrying their babies   thejournal.ie
Teen sentenced to 30 years in jail for having a miscarriage could be pardoned in ...   Fusion

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The Times (subscription)
   
'Ghost boy' learns to live again after years of coma hell   
The Times (subscription)
Martin Pistorius, 34, from Harlow in Essex, with his wife Joan. After contracting meningitis Martin found himself locked inside his body for 14 years. The Times. Print. Share via. Facebook · Twitter · Google+. Martin and Joan Pistorius. 1 of 1. Martin Pistorius, 34 ...

'Trapped' no more: Man 'lives again' after 12-year virtual coma   AsiaOne
Man who had locked-in syndrome: 'I cannot even express to you how much I ...   Irish Independent
South Africa's 'ghost boy' tells of waking from coma but finding himself trapped   Telegraph.co.uk
Mirror.co.uk   
International Business Times UK   
Gloucester Citizen   
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Daily Mail
   
Baby pygmy hippopotamus born to cancer-stricken mother at Whipsnade Zoo   
Daily Mail
Keepers at a British zoo have welcomed the arrival of a baby pygmy hippopotamus born to a cancer-stricken mother. The male calf weighs just seven kilos and has yet to be given a name, but is said to be enjoying the water pool at Whipsnade Zoo in ...

Whipsnade unveils endangered pygmy hippo baby   BBC News
Baby pygmy hippo splashes about with mother as she battles with cancer   Irish Independent
Endangered baby pygmy hippo born at English zoo   RTE.ie
RT   
Mirror.co.uk   
Irish Examiner   
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Zee News
   
3D scans hunt for facial traits of autism   
Futurity: Research News
3D imaging and statistical analysis techniques could lead to a screening tool for autism among young children. The technique, which identifies facial measurements, could also provide clues to the condition's genetic causes. “We want to detect the specific ...

Early autism diagnosis could be aided with 3D facial imaging   Siliconrepublic.com
3-D facial imaging may help detect autism early   Hindu Business Line
Advanced 3D facial imaging may detect autism early   Zee News
Lakenewsonline.com   
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