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Death Of Injecting Drug User In Leicestershire
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) and NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland can confirm that they are investigating the death of a drug injecting heroin user in Leicestershire. Testing of samples from the patient has confirmed the presence of anthrax. This is the fourth case of anthrax seen in an injecting drug user in England, the first being announced in London on 5 February 2010. Similar …
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Stribling found guilty
“You’re about to make a life or death decision,” Special Prosecutor Rick Malone told the jury Thursday morning as he began his opening arguments in the second phase of the Bobby Rex Stribling murder trial.
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New study may change the way clinicians make treatment decisions for patients who smoke
A study led by researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University Smoking Cessation Center may change the way clinicians make treatment decisions for their patients who smoke.
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NIH Awards Grants To Support Biomedical Research In Space
The National Institutes of Health has announced that it has awarded the first new grants under the Biomedical Research on the International Space Station (BioMed-ISS) initiative, a collaborative effort between NIH and NASA. Using a special microgravity environment that Earth-based laboratories cannot replicate, researchers will explore fundamental questions about important health issues, such as …
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Town fourth in booze shame league
Rochdale has been ranked among the top five in a national booze ‘league of shame’ for the second year running. The town came fourth in the table which calculates how booze affects each area by using figures on healthcare, alcohol-related benefit claims and drink-fuelled crime.
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ALCOHOL REPORT: ‘For me drink was a destructive force’
HIS children inspired Paul Brackett to kick his drinking habit.
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Pat O’Brien on KLAC role: ‘I’m lovin’ this’
Pat O’Brien is one of the more recognizable faces and voices in broadcasting. When you watch or see him, you know he’s done his homework and you trust his reporting or commentary. If we still had broadcast journalists wearing trench coats and looking…
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