# Healthscare

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Safety warning over giving codeine tablets to under-18s

The European Medicines Agency says codeine, which is converted to morphine in the body, can pose problems for kids.

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Jun 17th 2013, 9:48 AM

Two dead over suspected mix-up of sleeping and blood pressure pills

France’s health regulator has withdrawn a brand of blood pressure pills amid fears of a packaging issue.

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Jun 11th 2013, 8:00 AM

Ireland records first known case of leprosy in decades

The HSE says the victim was a man from outside Ireland who did not contract it in this country.

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Jun 7th 2013, 3:21 PM

A&E wards could be shut over looming staff shortages, doctors warn

The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine says emergency wards are already stretched, and it’ll get worse in July…

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May 23rd 2013, 8:02 PM

Uh-oh: UN says it's impossible to predict spread of new bird flu

‘Influenza viruses constantly reinvent themselves’, says the head of the WHO. ‘No one can predict the future course.’

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May 20th 2013, 4:52 PM

Health risks in hospital baby baths discovered in random inspection

A HIQA assessment of Letterkenny General Hospital finds that the absence of a cleaning system poses a risk to child health.

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Apr 26th 2013, 2:22 PM

Up to 16 killed by US outbreak of listeria

A batch of contanimated cantaloupes from Colorado has been blamed for 72 infections, and at least 13 deaths.

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Sep 28th 2011, 8:40 AM

Superbugs evolving faster than medicine, worried experts warn

The World Health Organisation says drug-resistant bugs are developing at a rate that science will struggle to keep up with.

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Apr 7th 2011, 4:30 PM

NI X-ray delay meant two late cancer diagnosis cases

A major backlog of X-ray delays in the Northern Irish health system meant at least there two late diagnoses of cancer.

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Jan 28th 2011, 3:06 PM