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Created: 02 October 2018

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On the 26th September 2018, the UN held a General Assembly on tuberculosis (TB) to discuss measures to end the spread of this disease.  It is hoped that this meeting will lead to increased research into the condition, which, experts warn, may now...

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Created: 20 July 2018

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The NHS have recently agreed to fund a new drug which aims to treat severe asthma.  The injection of Benralizumab, which costs almost £2,000 per dose, will be used for those suffering from eosinophilic asthma. Following approval for NHS by NICE...

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Created: 05 April 2018

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I took my 7 year old son to see Peter Rabbit over the Easter Weekend at the cinema; we had heard good reviews about it and thought we would give it a go. 

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Created: 23 March 2018

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A former NHS Chief has spoken out this week about the dangers of 3G football pitches.   Nigel Maguire's son Lewis died this month 4 years after receiving a diagnosis of the blood cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma and his father is concerned this may be...

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Created: 21 March 2017

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Sir Andrew Barron Murray, OBE is Scotland’s greatest ever tennis player.  In 2013, Dunblane’s very own became the first Scottish tennis player since Harold Mahony in 1896 to win Wimbledon and has gone on to win it twice.  In fact, Andy Murray...

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Created: 15 March 2017

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The first cases of asbestos related disease were noted going back to 1900.  The term “asbestosis” has been in use since 1927.  In 1930 a Government commissioned demonstrated the link between asbestosis and exposure to asbestos dust.  The...

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Industrial Diseases and Injuries

Created: 21 March 2016

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Asbestos: we may be several decades on from the legal importation and use of the substance, but, each year, more than 5,000 people in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Island still die from mesothelioma and other asbestos illnesses; this amounts...

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Industrial Diseases and Injuries

Created: 08 October 2015

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The issue of asbestos in Scotland's hospitals and GP surgeries is one that needs addressing, say critics. With reports suggesting that underfunded NHS trusts at risk of being unable to manage the maintenance of asbestos-containing premises.

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