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• Jeremy Hunt apologises to family of tot William Mead

  26-03-2017 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt apologised for failing a family whose one year old son, William Mead, died from sepsis, despite his family ringing NHS 111 who missed the warning signs.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt attends memorial for toddler who died of sepsis

  26-03-2017 22:03
  
  Health secretary apologises to family and says he, the government and the NHS had let down one-year-old William MeadJeremy Hunt, the health secretary, has told the private memorial service for a one-year-old boy who died from blood poisoning that he was let down by the NHS and the government. Speaking at the service in Cornwall, Hunt said he had “come here to say sorry” to the family of William Mead, who died after the emergency services failed to diagnose a fatal case of septicaemia
  
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• Child who died was let down by NHS and government, Hunt tells memorial

  26-03-2017 22:03
  
  Health secretary apologises to family of one-year-old William Mead and says he, the government and the NHS failed the boyJeremy Hunt, the health secretary, has told the private memorial service for a one-year-old boy who died from blood poisoning that the child was let down by the NHS and the government. Speaking at the service in Cornwall, Hunt said he had “come here to say sorry” to the family of William Mead, who died after the emergency services failed to diagnose a fatal case of
  
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• If Colin Dexter had married a woman from Rotherham | Brief letters

  26-03-2017 21:11
  
  Alcohol consumption | Colin Dexter | The word anent | Doonesbury | Scandinavian happinessThe moderation-better-than-dry theory is built on a fallacious interpretation of statistics (Drinking can be good for the heart – but only in moderation, 23 March). A significant proportion of those over 30 who are absolute abstainers are former alcoholics – many having quit drinking on the basis of urgent medical advice. Though “former and occasional drinkers” were separated from the
  
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• Jeremy Hunt 'sorry' NHS 111 call did not spot boy's sepsis

  26-03-2017 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt addressed a memorial service for William Mead who died aged one.
  
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• Boy dies of cancer after doctors misdiagnosed tumour

  26-03-2017 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two-year-old Charlie Round, from Measham, Leicestershire, died on Friday after an aggressive battle with neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nerve cells, after first being told he only had a bump on his head.
  
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• Holly Greenhow: Girl with cerebral palsy makes 'big improvement'

  26-03-2017 10:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A girl with cerebral palsy who once modelled for a clothes retailer has seen her condition improve.
  
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• 'Natural' IVF treatment fails in 90 per cent of cases

  26-03-2017 09:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of British couples every year pay up to £3,000 a time for natural-cycle IVF. For many women it offers their only hope for a baby.
  
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• Why dissecting the brain only gives us half its story | Daniel Glaser

  26-03-2017 07:00
  
  Studying the brain in action is better than slicing it up if you want to understand how it worksNews that a man captured and killed the UK’s rarest butterfly reminds us how much biology relies on Wordsworth’s famous line, ‘murdering to dissect’.The obsessive collector appreciates the butterfly’s beauty by killing it and pinning it to a board. In neurobiology, historically, researchers relied on slicing up the brain to understand more about its structure. But ‘
  
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• Night-time loo trips 'linked to salt in diet'

  26-03-2017 03:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trips to empty the bladder were reduced and quality of life improved, a study found.
  
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• The heart map that can keep you off the road to a coronary

  26-03-2017 03:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A scanner that can produce a detailed 3D computer 'map' of the heart is helping doctors spot clogged arteries while sparing patients the risk of more invasive traditional testing methods.
  
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• Marissa Hermer is finally getting to know her baby

  26-03-2017 03:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marissa Hermer, 35, the star of reality television series Ladies of London, developed a rare, life-threatening complication in which the placenta can grow through the uterus wall.
  
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• Operation to fix worn-out spinal discs being carried out

  26-03-2017 03:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pioneering new procedure, known as extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF), is carried out with specialised instruments inserted through the flank area.
  
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• 10 reasons why you SHOULD eat chocolate

  26-03-2017 03:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chocolate contains tryptophan, an acid used to make serotonin, which induces feelings of happiness. It also contains phenylethylalanine, which promotes feelings of attraction.
  
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