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“The victims were from several remote villages in the northern state of Zamfara.”
“Health authorities have set up two camps in the area to treat people who are suffering symptoms of lead poisoning.”
“The deaths were discovered during the country's annual immunisation programme, when officials realised there were virtually no children in several remote villages in the northern state, says the BBC's Abdullai Kaura Abubakar in Kaduna.”
“It was only when a team from international aid agency Medecins Sans Frontiers took blood tests from local people that the high concentrations of lead were discovered.”
“12 weeks pregnant”
“He was taken to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital and was there for six weeks before he was transferred to the Odstock unit.”
“He is due to leave the unit later this month.”
“He is now tetraplegic, paralysed below the chest, with limited movement in his arms.”
“Across the country the Welsh Amublance Service has trained over 3,000 volunteers to man the trusts' 34 current PADS.”
“WAG says that more than 12,000 cattle were slaughtered as a result of TB infection in 2008 (compared with 669 in 1997), at a cost of £24m to the public purse.”
“Based on existing scientific research, WAG believes the cull may reduce the incidence of TB in cattle by 9%, with the effect persisting for 2 to 3 years after the cull stops.”
“This may be available in four to five years' time.”
“One officer suffered an injury to his face that needed surgery.”
“"The illness can last as little as 12 hours or up to three days," she said.”
“NHS North Yorkshire and York said it was investing £3.2m in 2,000 of the Telehealth systems.”
“NHS North Yorkshire and York said the decision to install the units was made following positive feedback after 60 were trialled in the county.”
“Patients suffering from heart failure and diabetes are among those who will benefit, the trust said.”
“Pauline Waite, 56, from Acomb, who suffers from emphysema, said it was reassuring to know her condition was being monitored while she retained her independence.”
“Since our inception in 1988, we have helped more than 8,000 patients allowing many of them to return to a meaningful role in their personal and family lives.”
“19 operations, mainly cardiac surgery, were postponed at the University Hospital of Wales.”
“normal elective operations would resume on Monday.”
“Around 25 people at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield have been offered the technique on the NHS”
“at a cost of between £5,000 and £10,000 each”
“The most important thing is careful patient selection. I wouldn't say every patient who has arthritis can have this technique, you need to choose your patients very carefully”
“The secretive state's official news agency, KCNA, says the drink contains 60 kinds of "microelements" extracted from more than 30 species of plants.”
“It, with effects of both preventive and curative treatment, helps improve mental and retentive faculties by multiplying brain cells.”
“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…”
