01/08/2009
Check elderly relatives and neighbours in arctic conditions doctors urge (Daily Telegraph)
Check on your elderly relatives and neighbours as many will be too 'brave' to seek help themselves as flu continues to rise in the over 65s and temperatures plunge to 12C doctors have warned.
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01/08/2009
Sulfur dioxide emissions drop at Kilauea summit (Honolulu Advertiser)
Sulfur dioxide emissions at Kilauea volcano summit have dropped sharply in recent weeks compared to the nine months since a new vent formed there in March, scientists said Wednesday.
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01/07/2009
Flu cases may have peaked: GPs (Daily Telegraph)
The worst of the flu season may be over as GPs report that cases may have peaked.
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01/07/2009
People Urged To Take Extra Care In Cold Weather, UK (Medical News Today)
With the cold weather set to continue, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Dr Jane Wilkinson, is reminding people of simple steps to stay safe and well during this cold weather. The Met Office is predicting that temperatures will continue to hover around freezing this week, with overnight temperatures across much of Wales falling well below freezing.
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01/06/2009
MSP slams hospital trolley wait (BBC News)
The mother-in-law of an MSP waits eight hours on a trolley before being found a bed at a Lanarkshire hospital.
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01/07/2009
Cold weather puts pressure on hospitals (icWales)
UNPRECEDENTED numbers of patients have flooded Welsh A&E departments during the nation’s bitter cold snap.
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01/07/2009
Like going from VHS to Blu-ray (St. Catharines Standard)
To the untrained eye, the grey and white image is familiar enough. It looks like an X-ray picture of a man's shoulder, and once you've [...]
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01/06/2009
Oregon physician to help Congolese refugees (AlertNet)
Medical Teams International (BEND, ORE. - Jan. 6, 2009) This Wednesday, a Bend volunteer doctor with Medical Teams International departs to care for families fleeing the rebel fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
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01/06/2009
Stay safe as freeze grips Wales (NewsWales)
With the cold weather set to continue, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Dr Jane Wilkinson, is reminding people of simple steps to stay safe and well during this cold weather.
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01/03/2009
Plooshun slooshun (The Times of India)
Can't make up my mind. Are my throat and lungs full of barbed wire? Or are they full of broken glass? Or is it both? Actually it's neither.
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