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Flicks Restaurant, Yorkgate Belfast.

E.coli alert: 20 confirmed, 118 probable cases linked to Belfast restaurant

Twenty cases of E.coli have been confirmed and another 118 people may have the bug which has been linked to Flicks restaurant in Belfast.

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My magical mystery cure: Hallucinogenic drugs are back as therapeutic treatments

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

A symphonic note lit three strands of deep-red light trickling like water in my right visual field. Deeper tones were huge blue clouds in the middle distance, pouring from above.
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Mental health problems on rise for women

Thursday, 11 October 2012

A stark rise in the number of teenage girls and young women in Northern Ireland seeking help with anxiety and depression in the past year could be just the tip of the iceberg, a local charity has warned.
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Union fury as plans for future of NHS finalised

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

People living on the north coast could have to make a three-hour round trip for hospital treatment under a radical overhaul of the health service in Northern Ireland.
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Children's heart surgery facility: Why a review team recommended the drastic changes

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

In March Health Minister Edwin Poots announced an external review of children’s cardiac services in Northern Ireland.
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Flu vaccine withdrawn 'after unexpected test result'

Monday, 8 October 2012

GP surgeries across the country are having to postpone flu jabs for patients because of a shortage of vaccine. Crucell, the global pharmaceutical company based in the Netherlands, said it had stopped all supplies because of "an unexpected test result".
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UK 'unhygienic during flu outbreak'

Friday, 5 October 2012

Britons are among the most unhealthy people to be around in the midst of a major flu outbreak, research suggests.

Ketamine: a cure for depression?

Friday, 5 October 2012

For a drug of abuse with a particularly unpleasant side effect – it destroys the bladder – ketamine has had a chequered history. Discovered in the 1960s, it was used as an anaesthetic on soldiers in the Vietnam War and found favour with vets as a horse tranquilliser before arriving on the dance scene at the end of the 1990s.
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Snake venom 'could aid pain relief'

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Pain-relieving compounds as strong as morphine have been extracted from the venom of the black mamba, one of the world's deadliest snakes.

Experts use gas to kill deadly bug

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Scientists have invented a new way to destroy a bacterium which killed four babies in hospitals in Northern Ireland.

Video: 'The Royal Does Strictly' rehearsal at the Merchant Hotel

Thursday, 27 September 2012

The local TV personalities and medics taking part in The Royal Does Strictly in aid of the Children's MRI Scanner Appeal have been talking about how their intensive rehearsal programme has been going...as the big final draws even closer!
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Cannabis-like chemical combats chief genetic cause of autism

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Natural cannabis-like chemicals in the brain may help combat the leading genetic cause of autism, research has shown.
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Abortion advice row to be subject of judicial review

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

A sexual health charity has challenged the Health Minister to issue guidance on abortion in Northern Ireland to health professionals immediately after the latest round in a legal battle.

All-Ireland children's heart unit our only option: Edwin Poots

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

The DUP Health Minister is involved in talks with his Dublin counterpart in a bid to find an all-Ireland solution to child heart surgery, the Assembly has been told.
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'The Royal does strictly' for the children's MRI scanner appeal

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Local children and their parents have been speaking about why it is essential to have a Children's MRI Scanner in Belfast - and the huge benefit it would mean to them.
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Skin virus could help fight acne

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

A harmless virus that preys on acne bugs could be harnessed to zap zits, scientists have said.
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Bisphenol A: Everyday plastics chemical 'a risk to pregnancy'

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Claims that a plastics chemical banned from babies' bottles may contribute to miscarriages and birth defects have been backed by a new primate study.
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Northern Ireland politicians to visit Cuba to study the island’s health system

Saturday, 22 September 2012

A Stormont committee is aiming to find a new way to improve efficiency in the health service — by flying a team of MLAs and an official across the Atlantic.
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Doctors are 'excited' by drug-free migraine therapy

Saturday, 22 September 2012

A drug-free treatment for migraine which, it is claimed, alleviates pain in sufferers plagued by the chronic condition was described by doctors yesterday as an "exciting innovation".
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How Stormont is failing our young adults who need respite care

Saturday, 22 September 2012

Young adults with life-limiting conditions across Northern Ireland are being failed by Stormont, it has been claimed.
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Foods that claim to be low in fat can be full of calories

Thursday, 20 September 2012

So-called low fat foods can contain a similar number of calories as the standard versions — and might even have more sugar, according to a study.
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