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Head injuries: Cheap drug 'could save thousands of lives a year'15 Oct 2019 00:55A cheap, common drug could save hundreds of thousands of lives a year if used routinely, doctors say.
More than half of A&Es 'not good enough'15 Oct 2019 00:56The government in England must find a solution for social care to ease pressure, the regulator says.
Vaping: 'I'm 17, and rarely ID'd for e-cigs'15 Oct 2019 00:57Almost 40% of sellers targeted by councils sold vaping goods to under-age teenagers in 2018-19.
Slow walking at 45 'a sign of faster ageing'12 Oct 2019 00:08Gait speed in mid-life indicates how fast the brain and body are ageing, researchers found.
Questions remain over puberty-blockers, as review clears study14 Oct 2019 22:48But questions remain over the use of puberty blockers, say Newsnight's Deb Cohen and Hannah Barnes.
Batten disease: Unique drug for a girl with deadly brain disease12 Oct 2019 02:31Mila is having far fewer - and briefer - seizures after a drug was designed just for her.

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Breath of Life (based in North Staffordshire for people with breathing difficulties) www.breathoflife.org.uk or telephone 01782 577124

Diabetes UK North Staffordshire Branch office@diabetesuknorthstaffs.co.uk Or contact David Scott 01782 861690

Douglas Macmillan www.dmhospice.org.uk

Haywood Walk in Centre 01782 673500

Hanley Health and Wellbeing walk in centre 0300 123 6759

Midway Walk in Centre 01782 663757

Stoke PCT www.stoke.nhs.uk

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