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“It also protects skin from wrinkles and black spots and prevents such geriatric diseases as cerebral haemorrhage, myocardium and brain infarction by removing acid effete matters in time.”
“It, much higher than quality cosmetics in anti-oxidation capacity, is efficacious for different skin diseases, including allergic dermatitis.”
“It also makes skin fair.”
“The agency quotes a company manager, Jong Song Ho, as saying the drink has "proved efficacious among workers of such industrial establishments as thermal power station and smeltery and at medical institutions".”
“there were 28 cases in 10 weeks”
“Health Protection Agency figures cover the period from 15 March-31 May.”
“A trust spokesman said in all of last year the trust had 118 cases - well beneath its 156-case target.”
“She said the number of infections was small given that 32,000 people were treated in the 10-week period.”
“In this 10 week-period we saw approximately 32,000 patients and of these 28 cases of C-Difficile were recorded.”
“Over the same period, Nottingham had 15 cases of C-Difficle and Leicester had 28.”
“Inspectors will be checking quad bikes are being used and maintained correctly between 7 and 18 June.”
“The HSE said every year an average of two people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in accidents involving quad bikes or all-terrain vehicles.”
“More than half of all quad bike riders have been thrown from their vehicle at some point”
“More than half of all quad bike riders have been thrown from their vehicle at some point, so it is vital that farmers ensure all their workers wear helmets, are properly trained and that all bikes are well maintained.”
“Nobody who has died from head injuries after falling off a quad bike was wearing a helmet.”
“Helmets would certainly have prevented most, if not all, the deaths caused by quad bike accidents - simple safety precautions can save lives.”
“The paper also focuses on the extraordinary cost of treating depression in Northern Ireland - £233m in total. That is the amount of money spent on anti-depressants here, more than twice the cost per head in England.”
“The paper said that parts of north and west Belfast are believed to be the worst affected in Europe, with 40% of adults in the west of the city thought to be on anti-depressants.”
“The Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned that drug costs will rise further because not enough money is being put into 'talking therapies'.”
“"He didn't die of natural causes and he didn't die of suicidal causes," forensic pathologist Dr Michael Baden said. "That leaves some kind of accidental death."”
“The site provides consultants, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, social workers, a psychologist and a cognitive therapist.”
“Seven people who were shot but survive remain in hospital. Doctors have said five of those are in a comfortable condition at either Whitehaven's West Cumberland Hospital or the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle. Two people are being treated…”
“Seven people who were shot but survive remain in hospital. Doctors have said five of those are in a comfortable condition at either Whitehaven's West Cumberland Hospital or the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle. Two people are being treated…”
“They announced on Wednesday they were looking for 60 overweight men, aged 40 to 70, with type 2 diabetes.”
“The volunteers, who will take part in a three-week study, would take the capsule three times a day.”
“which affects 20 million people worldwide every year”
“As many as 50% of people with septic shock die, figures show.”
“In England and Wales there are an estimated 31,000 cases a year of severe sepsis”
“they showed that immune cells from patients with severe sepsis produced abnormally high levels of the enzyme”
“and that blocking it from reduced the inflammatory signals sent out by the cells.”
“Using drugs which block the enzyme, they showed that treatment cut the risk of death in mice with the condition.”
“"The incidence of sepsis is on the increase and clinical treatments are still inadequate so a medical breakthrough of this kind is timely and will hopefully lead to a way to treat this killer condition."”
“"It's important to identify sepsis early and treat it aggressively. There is a window when you can make a big difference - it is a time-critical condition."”
“The treated mice were also protected from multi-organ failure, and were much better at clearing the bacterial infection than untreated mice.”
“John Heyworth, president of the College of Emergency Medicine, said the results were very interesting but one of the key factors in improving survival in people with sepsis was getting an early diagnosis.”
“There is a window when you can make a big difference - it is a time-critical condition.”
“A Canadian and German study of the records of 75,000 patients between 1987 and 2006 found patches containing low doses of oestrogen carry a lower risk of stroke than oral HRT therapy.”
“Among those that were on the medication and had a stroke, 76 were on low-dose patches, 27 on high-dose patches, 293 on low-dose pills and 325 on high-dose pills.”
“But with high-dose patches there was an increased risk of up to 88%.”
“Those who used oral HRT had a 25-30% increased risk of stroke compared with those who used none, regardless of what dose of oestrogen they took or whether it was combined with progesterone.”
“However, that increased risk was not found in patients who took oral HRT for less than one year.”
“Using patient records from a general practice research database, they found 15,710 women aged 50-79 who had a diagnosis of stroke and compared them with 59,958 "control" patients.”
“Past research has shown that HRT can carry a small risk of stroke, particularly in older women when long-term oestrogen treatment is involved.”
“Mr Compton said the move, which would be a transitional one, could be in place by 2013.”
“On Thursday, the health committee heard from the most senior people within the health service including the Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey.”
“Air pollution is bad for our health. It reduces human life expectancy by more than eight months on average and by more than two years in the most polluted cities and regions.”
“According to the charity Environmental Protection UK, some 35,000 people die from particle pollution in the country every year...”
“...and as many as 4,300 in London alone.”
“testosterone levels fall by only 1 to 2% a year from the age of 40 onwards in men”
“Around 80% of 60-year-olds and half of those in their 80s still have levels within the normal range”
“There is no place for testosterone therapy in older men without symptoms, or without clearly low testosterone concentrations on more than one occasion”
“When she recovered she saved her mind through adult education”
“Sitting for about 15 minutes with this body, nothing we could do, waiting for the services to attend.”
“Dr Walker said two young girls had witnessed one of the shootings.”
“He was shot twice by the perpetrator and these two girls were watching it and he looked straight at them and these kids were mute for the next two hours.”
“He said he went to four bodies within a two and a half mile radius of the village.”
“there's no ambulance coming for two hours.”
“We're not equipped to deal with major trauma... we're not Northern Ireland, we're not Moss Side, we're not used to dealing with major trauma and yet we have to deal with a gunshot wound, a guy who's bleeding and losing his blood and there'…”
“a small number of people had contacted them so far, which was 'to be expected'”
“Most people will feel some impact immediately, and most of those people will talk and do what they normally do to cope with things and in a few weeks they will be getting on with their lives. But a minority of people will find it hard to g…”
“the wider 'emotional results' of Derrick Bird's shooting rampage would start to emerge in the coming days”
“She told BBC Radio 4's The World At One a small number of people had contacted them so far, which was 'to be expected'”
“He added that the wider 'emotional results' of Derrick Bird's shooting rampage would start to emerge in the coming days”
“his six-year-old daughter was 'terrified that I was going there and could be shot'”
“A new panel which will re-consider care for the over-65s in Cornwall has been set up by the council and given five months complete its work. [...] The single-issue panel has to report its findings in November.”
“A report to the council said it was spending £179 per head per year, which was much less than other authorities in the south west of England and nearly four times less than one council in London.”
“In the south west, Somerset County Council spends £212.”
“The City of London spend-per-head is £709, the report said.”
“Cancer Research UK hope that the project will analyse the tumours of up to 6,000 patients a year for a range of genetic defects.”
“The charity predicts such tests could become routine within five years.”
“Due to be launched in the autumn, the project will examine how best to roll out genetic testing across the NHS.”
“Six centres will be set up around the country where scientists will classify a patient's tumour according to the specific genetic mutations it carries.”
“He said the first phase of the project would be set up in partnership with the NHS, business and government.”
“Discoveries of new cancer genes, of new drug targets and of new ways to predict whether patients will respond to particular therapies are accelerating, but a major challenge is how to obtain the benefits of these advances for patients in t…”
“The foundation was set up by the prince in 1993 to "encourage the development of a 'whole person' approach to health".”
“The surgeon who treated the 11 surviving victims has revealed five were shot in the face”
“Charles Brett, clinical director of West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven, said six victims remain in hospital in the county. Two are in a serious but stable condition, while the others are described as 'comfortable'.”
“A seventh victim is being treated at a hospital in Newcastle, but their condition is not currently known.”
“A medical practice which lost the details of 8,000 patients, including their names and addresses, breached the Data Protection Act, says a watchdog.”
“It contained the details of some 8,000 patients, but there was no clinical information.”
“The memory stick was reported lost in March after a member of staff at the surgery had, in contravention of practice policy, downloaded a database onto an unencrypted memory stick, which was not password protected either, said the ICO.”
“It is unnecessarily risky to download 8,000 personal details on to a memory stick.”
“This includes ensuring all mobile devices including laptops and memory sticks are encrypted, ensuring physical security measures are sufficient and making staff fully aware of the organisation's data security policy.”
“The health board has also reminded staff, including commissioners such as GP practices, pharmacists, dentists and opticians about the importance of patient data security and to reinforce the formal procedure for the safe transfer of patien…”
“The memory stick was reported lost in March after a member of staff at the surgery had, in contravention of practice policy, downloaded a database onto an unencrypted memory stick...”
“The health board has also reminded staff, including commissioners such as GP practices, pharmacists, dentists and opticians about the importance of patient data security...”
“The hospital asks for mothers of babies of six months and under to donate at least one litre of milk, which is then tested and pasteurised ready to be given to any baby in need.”
“Joanne Ferris, whose son Patrick was born 13 weeks premature, was one of several mothers on the unit to benefit from such donations.”
“I'll be eternally grateful to women, I don't know who they are, whose breast milk kept him alive for the first two weeks of his life.”
“five people died at psychiatric units in Sussex.”
“The Woodlands mental health ward was shut in October.”
“John Blair, 40, was found hanging at the Woodlands mental health ward on 19 October 2009.”
“He died three days later in the Conquest Hospital, Hastings.”
“Sgt Richard Bexhell, 49, was discovered hanged at the unit on 29 August 2009.”
“Susanna Anley, 35, died at the Woodlands unit in April 2008.”
“Michael Stevens, 53, from Lancing, died at Worthing Hospital after he was found hanged in his room at the Meadowfield unit in Worthing in September the same year.”
“On 8 March this year a 27-year-old man was found dead in the toilets of a public area of Millview Hospital in Hove.”
“The trust reiterated its 'deepest sympathies to the families of the people who died at Woodlands' and said it would publish its internal report once the inquests had taken place.”
“The Sussex Partnership NHS Trust, which manages the facilities where the five people died, has assisted us by providing the details required throughout the investigation and has been informed of the outcome today.”
“The Woodlands mental health ward was shut in October after John Blair, 40, and Sgt Richard Bexhell, 49, were found hanged less then two months apart.”
