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PHA Statement: Legionnaires' disease

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has been advised of a cluster of 10 cases of Legionnaires’ disease among residents of England and Wales who travelled to Corfu since August. There have been no associated cases reported in Northern Ireland.
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Research to help tackle chronic neck pain

A major UK trial at the University of York funded by Arthritis Research UK will investigate the effectiveness of acupuncture and Alexander Technique lessons in alleviating chronic neck pain....
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How a Loyola Patient Survived Massive Internal Bleeding from Burst Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Jack Kory was eating his breakfast oatmeal when he suddenly felt the worst pain in his life....
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Novel Rapid Meningitis Diagnostic Test Moves Closer to Market

- Belfast Trust licenses patent to HiberGene Diagnostics...
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Organic medical imaging system to detect disease and track medication

Scientists at The University of Nottingham are developing microscopic organic medical imaging systems to support a new generation of breakthrough treatments for currently incurable diseases and chronic life-threatening illnesses....
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Computational Modeling Can Help Plan Vaccine Introduction, Pitt Study Finds

PITTSBURGH – Proper planning before the introduction of new vaccines into a developing country’s active immunization program could prevent storage problems and transportation bottlenecks that decrease the availability of existing vaccines by as much as two-thirds, according to a University of Pittsburgh study....
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Facing up to non-communicable diseases

University of Bergen researchers have contributed to an international declaration on the prevention of non-communicable diseases. Now the UN is discussing the issue....
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NIH to make a mightier mouse resource for understanding disease

Publicly available resource will add detailed medical information about knockout mice...
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Sickle cell disease 101

HOUSTON - -- More public awareness and education about sickle cell disease, an inherited disease that affects the blood system, is critically important, said a renowned hematologist from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital....
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