Ireland to ‘Decriminalise’ for Personal Use

Thomas QuinnNovember 9, 2015

In a move that may be shocking to some, but appears to have been in the cards to happen, Ireland will move towards decriminalising drugs. This will include hero...

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ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Producing Results?

Thomas QuinnOctober 15, 2015

Just one year ago, Facebook feeds, Twitter feeds, even Tumblr, were awash with videos and photos of people pouring buckets of ice water over their heads, all in...

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NHS 111: Are we really dialing for danger?

SamwinSeptember 30, 2015

The papers are usually filled with headlines about how over stretched the NHS has become; how patient lists are too much to handle for our doctors. However one ...

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India Virtually Eliminates Tetanus as a Killer

Thomas QuinnSeptember 3, 2015

In another show that India is developing in to a world power and what we call a “First World Country”, they have eliminated another disease as a potential kille...

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Man Jailed for Possession of Meth Released after Confirmation it Was Salt

Thomas QuinnSeptember 1, 2015

In yet another show of how governments should really work harder to protect their citizens, a man has been released after spending the last 4 months in prison a...

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Man Flies from Dubai to India to Donate Stem Cells

Thomas QuinnJune 10, 2015

In a world where, more often than not, we as humans can only feel disappointment in other members of our species, occasionally an act of unwarranted kindness ca...

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Nicole Guerrero: Forced to Give Birth in Solitary

Thomas QuinnMay 22, 2015

A Texas woman may have been forced to undergo the most painful thing in the world, alone, in the cold and tucked away in a little box. 2 years ago Nicole Gue...

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Vaccination Crackdown: Australia Announces End to Religious Exemptions

Thomas QuinnApril 24, 2015

Vaccinations. The bane of children who fear needles everywhere and yet it is one of the most important things that will be done to you early in your life. For y...

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A right to be heard: A young person’s struggle with mental health and jobseeking.

SamwinApril 21, 2015

It's that time of the half decade again here in the UK, the time of the General Election where those of voting age are given the option to vote on who they want...

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ISIS Hit by Deadly Flesh-Eating Disease

Thomas QuinnApril 9, 2015

ISIS are being attacked from an angle one would not normally expect. The rebels, who are currently fighting with the Islamic organisation, are being struck down...

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MRSA Cure found in Anglo-Saxon Recipe?

Thomas QuinnApril 7, 2015

In what may well represent an enormous leap in medicine experts are not looking in to the future, but looking into our past. A 1000 year old treatment for eye i...

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Beating Exam Anxiety

davidlApril 1, 2015

My second year of university was going okay, and I was well into it, attending all the lectures (even the boring ones), and doing all my assignments and handing...

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Tobacco ‘Kills Two in Three Smokers’

Thomas QuinnMarch 4, 2015

The death risk to smokers is far worse than had been previously feared. New data from a large scale study on the effects of tobacco now suggests that 1 in 2 peo...

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The Hidden Lives of Young Carers

StephMarch 3, 2015

Growing up isn’t easy. Most of us can relate to the various pressures and struggles of school, homework, peer pressure, exams, moving away, going to university,...

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40% of Teenage Girls Suffer Sexual Violence

Thomas QuinnFebruary 22, 2015

A new report, which investigated teenage relationships, indicates that as many as two in five teenage girls, some as young as 13, have experienced some form of ...

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England Bans Smoking in Cars with Children

Thomas QuinnFebruary 20, 2015

Drivers in England are soon going to be banned from smoking in their cars if they have a child as a passenger. The new regulation, which will come in to effe...

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New HIV Strain Detected in Cuba

Thomas QuinnFebruary 19, 2015

A new HIV strain has mutated in some patients in Cuba and it appears to be much more aggressive and can develop into its worse older brother, AIDS, within just ...

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Who is really behind Britain’s binge-drinking culture?

Nike AkintokunFebruary 18, 2015

Rowdy crowds, drunken youths and scantily clad women are just some of the images we all have when imagining a typical Saturday night out in Britain. But are the...

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Indian boy’s Heart Beats on in a Russian Child

Thomas QuinnFebruary 8, 2015

Gleb Kudriavtceva, a Russian boy aged just two years and nine months, has been given his life back by a spectacularly selfless act. Gleb has become the youngest...

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Debbie Purdy: One woman’s impact on Assisted Dying

StephJanuary 28, 2015

On 23rd December 2014, Debbie Purdy died in a hospice at the age of 51. Purdy had been suffering from Multiple Sclerosis for many years and had long ago made th...

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British Couples Hospital Bill Wiped Clean

Thomas QuinnJanuary 26, 2015

A British couple who feared they would have to pay £130,000 in medical expenses when their son was born 11 weeks premature can breathe a sigh of relief. The New...

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The NHS: Dying for an appointment?

SamwinDecember 27, 2014

It is a story of which many are familiar with all across the United Kingdom. The NHS is creaking under the pressure. Just today, another headline shows how from...

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E-books, damaging health.. or damaging common sense? : Rise of the technology dependent human race

SamwinDecember 27, 2014

The BBC reported today that E-Books "damage health" after a study was conducted by U.S. doctors. Their findings concluded that it took longer to go to sleep wit...

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Student has Stomach Removed after Drinking Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail

Thomas QuinnDecember 21, 2014

A wine bar in Lancaster is being prosecuted after a student has had to have her stomach removed after she was served liquid nitrogen. Gaby Scanlon, a native ...

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Tackling Food Poverty In The UK

StephDecember 7, 2014

What do you think of when someone says the words: “Food Poverty”? Your mind probably jumps straight to charity appeals on TV, countries struck by disaster or im...

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Is AIDS A Thing Of The Past?

Thomas QuinnDecember 6, 2014

A new study has found that the HIV virus’ ability to cause AIDS is weakening over time. This means that AIDS may well become a thing of the past. This new re...

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New App To Help Modernise The Health System

Madalina DichiuNovember 29, 2014

Care Minister, Norman Lamb announced that the health system must be “modernised” and a new online application will be developed to help young people with mental...

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Cannabis used to treat Brain Cancer?

Thomas QuinnNovember 22, 2014

New research has shown that using an extract from the cannabis plant can have dramatic effects on brain tumours. This new research has found that when an ext...

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China and US Sign Climate Change Agreement

Thomas QuinnNovember 14, 2014

The United States of America and China have signed an ambitious agreement designed to limit greenhouse gas emissions ahead of next year’s summit. President O...

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Assisted dying will be made legal in UK ‘within two years’

Thomas QuinnNovember 12, 2014

A law change that has been needed for a while, finally appears to have some traction. The deputy chair of British Medical Association says law on ‘dying with di...

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