The bay's soaring teenage pregnancy rate and the battle to stamp out MRSA will be top of the agenda at the meeting of health experts.
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January 21st, 2009
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January 21st, 2009
Abortions up to nine weeks can be carried out medically with drugs rather than surgery and after two Government pilots claimed that the process was safe and acceptable in premises outside traditional hospital, more clinics are to be set up.
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January 20th, 2009
Parents are calling for more men to become teachers because they fear their children lack male role models, research showed yesterday.
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January 20th, 2009
First-born daughters of the Royal Family could be allowed to become monarchs in a move to change centuries of law, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
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January 20th, 2009
Parents in England are calling for more males to work in early years settings - and single mothers are leading the charge to ensure their children have contact with men in caring roles.
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January 20th, 2009
Parents educating their children at home could face tighter controls under new plans.
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January 19th, 2009
The controversial treatment involves taking stem cells from an aborted foetus and injecting them into the brain of stroke victims. It is hoped the cells, which can renew themselves, will regenerate areas damaged by stroke, and increase patients' movements and mental abilities.
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January 19th, 2009
British scientists will soon begin trialling a cutting-edge treatment using adult stem cells that could help cure certain types of blindness, they announced.
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January 19th, 2009
"Home education", where children study at home rather than at school, is to face a review in England.
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January 18th, 2009
British scientists have been granted permission to treat stroke victims with injections of stem cells taken from an aborted baby, it has emerged.