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First patients usher in new era of health care - North West Evening Mail 14th October 2009
"ON this day 25 years ago the first patients arrived at Barrow’s new Furness General Hospital."
Royal blood disorder identified - BBC Health News 9th October 2009
"DNA analysis has revealed the identity of the "cursed blood" disorder that afflicted the British Royal Family in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Scientists say the disease inherited by Queen Victoria's descendants was probably a severe form of the blood clotting disorder haemophilia B. "
'No atomic link' in cancer deaths - BBC Health News 30th September 2009
"The deaths of six people who worked in a University of Manchester building at the centre of a contamination probe were "coincidence", a report has found.
All six had worked in the Rutherford Building, where scientists carried out experiments on atomic structure at the beginning of the 20th Century. "
Mozart 'killed by hospital superbug' - Daily Mail 18th July 2009
Some claimed he was poisoned, others said he simply wore himself out by composing more than 600 pieces during his short life.
In fact, the cause of Mozart's death may have been an 18th century 'superbug'.
Mozart 'killed by strep throat' - BBC Health News 18th August 2009
The mysterious death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the tender age of 35 has long fascinated scholars, but researchers now have a new theory.
The composer - who died in Vienna in 1791 - may have succumbed to complications from a sore throat, caused by a bacterial infection.
Pandemics that changed the course of history - The Observer 12th July 2009
Death and disease have taken an economic as well as a human toll, writes Kathryn Hopkins
Audio slideshow: Quacks and Cures - BBC Health News 6th July 2009
In the past, the medical profession has tried unusual ways of trying to cure - or at least relieve - the symptoms of patients.
Here - as the Wellcome Collection in central London celebrates the weirdest remedies - one of its librarians, William Schupbach, and event curator, Alex Julyan, look back at the products that "quacks" tried to sell to the public.
Nurse recalls D-Day horrors - Manchester Evening News 6th June 2009
A FORMER nurse has recalled the horrors of treating injured soldiers returning from the D-Day landings 65 years ago.
Catalina Bateman was 21, a nurse and engaged to be married when she volunteered to work in the wooden huts of an emergency hospital in Baguley.
Trafford General Hospital hosts 1940s themed music night to celebrate 80th birthday - Altrincham Messenger 26th May 2009
HEALTH staff are getting ‘in the mood’ to celebrate Trafford General’s 80th birthday - with a night of Glenn Miller-style music.
Nearly 60 years after the man himself performed at the hospital, a 1940s-themed evening will be held on June 7.
How one nurse helped stop killer bedsores - BBC Health News 21st March 2009
Moving a patient relieves bedsores.
It sounds obvious today, but it took the work of an innovative nurse in the 1950s working with a group of elderly patients to realise it.
Gruesome gallery exposed online - BBC Health News 2nd February 2009
Leech jars, early attempts at reconstructive surgery and nerve-jangling surgical instruments are going online in a Science Museum display.
The 2,500 items will illustrate stories such as experiments being carried out on prisoners in Ancient Greece.
Online science exhibition to explore history of medicine - The Telegraph 2nd March 2009
The science museum is offering a glimpse into the history of medicine in a new online exhibition.
Charles Darwin had autism, leading psychiatrist claims - The Telegraph 18th February 2009
Charles Darwin probably had a form of autism called Asperger's syndrome which is related to creativity and originality, a leading psychiatrist claims.
Neanderthals 'distinct from us' - BBC Health News 12th February 2009
Scientists studying the DNA of Neanderthals say they can find no evidence that this ancient species ever interbred with modern humans.\n\nBut our evolutionary cousins may well have been able to speak as well as us, said Prof Svante Paabo from Germany's Max Planck Institute.
Thalidomide 'was created by the Nazis' - The Sunday Times 8th February 2009
THE morning sickness drug thalidomide, which caused pregnant women to give birth to babies without arms and legs, was first developed by the Nazis, probably as part of their chemical weapons programme, according to new research. Two separate academics have revealed the discovery of documents indicating that the drug did not originate with Chemie Grünenthal, the postwar German chemical firm, as has always been claimed.
Thalidomide 'was developed by the Nazis' - The Telegraph 9th February 2009
Thalidomide was developed by the Nazis, probably as part of their chemical weapons programme, according to new research.
Online glimpse into Victorian children's lives - The Independent 25th December 2008
A new online database of medical records is offering a glimpse into the difficult lives of chronically ill children during the Victoria and Edwardian eras.
Around 10,000 records of admissions to Great Ormond Street Hospital's (GOSH) Cromwell House convalescent home in north London have been added to the Small and Special website which already features 84,000 records of young GOSH patients.
Fricassee of tripe and paraffin for nits - the past of the district nurse - The Telegraph 20th December 2008
If nurse's fricassee of tripe recipe didn't frighten the children, there was always her cure for nits: shave the head, douse in paraffin, try to keep the child away from the fire.
The district nurses' guide to healthy eating - The Telegraph 20th December 2008
Recipes suggested by district nurses, as described in Queen's Nurses magazine.
Great Ormond Street's Victorian patients - BBC Health News 20th December 2008
Life was hard for many Victorian children, particularly for the poor and malnourished whose lives were often plagued by sickness.
Diseases like tuberculosis (TB), diphtheria, rheumatic fever, croup and measles were rife, and often killers.
Even if the children survived they could often be left weak or disabled.
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