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Louise Robinson, Assistant Brand Manager, Danone Baby Nutrition

Top 9 Irish Health News Stories after 9am

Mothers with health cover having ‘needless’ caesareans (Irish Independent)

Sweeteners create cocaine-like addictions: Canadian study (Global News)

GPs to be consulted on support for legalisation of assisted dying (Pulse)

Baby’s Life Saved With Groundbreaking 3-D Printed Device That Restored His Breathing (Science Daily)

Dreaming of animals and other warning signs of neurodegeneration (Guardian)

Fitness-for-work tests unfair on people with mental health problems, court says (The Guardian)

Scientists Develop Worm EEG to Test the Effects of Drugs (Science Daily)

3D printer shows surgeons secrets of strange hearts (New Scientist)

Why are women still considered more insane than men? (Daily Telegraph)

Top 9 Irish Health News Stories after 9am

The healing touch – how cancer sufferers can benefit (Irish Independent)

Relatively low numbers of Irish women elect to have breasts reconstructed after surgery (Irish Times)

Flu in Pregnancy May Quadruple Child’s Risk for Bipolar Disorder (Science Daily)

Accidental find shows Vitamin C kills tuberculosis (AFP)

Mothers’ diets may harm IQs in two-thirds of babies (Independent)

How sugar is killing us…and we are not told the risks (Express)

Air travel ‘poses no risk to pregnant women and unborn babies’ (Daily Mail)

UK tries out new model for gene testing in cancer patients (World Bulletin)

Vasectomy? It’s just a snip (Irish Independent)

Top 9 Irish Health News Stories after 9am

Abortion legislation ‘could place young men at risk’ (Irish Times)

No U-turn on free GP care from this administration (Irish Times) 

15,000 people die every year because of cancer treatments (Telegraph)

Vitamin B could stave off Alzheimers (Telegraph)

Parents warned sharing bed with babies increases risk of cot death (Independent)

Brain-boosting Mediterranean diet could slow down the onset of dementia (Daily Mail)

Stem-cell treatment restores sight to blind man (New Scientist)

Report: Heart disease kills more women than breast cancer (Daily Mail)

Resistance to Last-Line Antibiotic Makes Bacteria Resistant to Immune System (Science Daily)

Top 9 Irish Health News Stories after 9am

How to kick high blood pressure into touch (Irish Independent)

Encephalitis is not only a deadly condition, but diagnosis can be hugely traumatic (Irish Times)

Blood pressure tablets ‘can slash cancer risk’ (Express)

Drinking lots of coffee saves liver from alcohol damage, research finds (Guardian)

Surgeon finds remedy for big ears (Daily Mail)

Soaking up sun could be a cure for asthma (Express)

Scientists warn of possible early sign of Alzheimer’s (Independent)

Suicidal behaviour is a disease, psychiatrists argue (New Scientist)

The school run is a health time bomb (Independent)

Top 9 Irish Health News Stories after 9am

Medical experts to address Oireachtas abortion hearings (Irish Times)

Mental health services need long-overdue cultural and structural revamp (Irish Times)

Figures see more suffering from high blood pressure (Irish Examiner)

VHI ‘billed for patients on trolleys’ (Irish Independent)

Small hospitals to lose antenatal clinics (Irish Health)

Scientist hails breakthrough in IVF treatment (The Telegraph)

Study: Depressed women twice as likely to have a stroke (Daily Mail)

Sanofi says myelofibrosis treatment study positive (Reuters)

Brain Makes Call On Which Ear Is Used for Cell Phone (Science Daily)

Top 9 Irish Health News Stories after 9am

Clinical trials: Tried and tested method that ain’t broke but needs fixing (Irish Times)

‘Diabetes care in crisis’ (Irish Health)

Ambulance service response times differ significantly depending on location (Irish Times)

Scientists make first embryos in human cloning breakthrough (Irish Independent)

Successful life-saving surgery on baby’s rare, swollen head disorder (The Journal)

Study: 10,000 cancer patients given the wrong drugs (The Telegraph)

Scientists discover a link between epilepsy and autism for the first time (Daily Mail)

New cancer tools allow patients to reconsider chemo (Reuters)

Getting fit in middle age can reduce heart failure risk (Science Daily)

Top 9 Irish Health News Stories after 9am

Most Irish women opt for screening instead of surgery (Irish Independent)

An ambitious plan but will it work? (Irish Times)

Irish women face 18-month wait to undergo vital cancer gene test (Irish Examiner)

Major progress in the fight against osteoporosis thanks to new treatment (The Journal)

New drug developed in Queens University ‘may revolutionise treatment of lung disorders’ (RTE News)

Study: Slim Women Have a Greater Risk of Developing Endometriosis Than Obese Women (Science Daily)

Women’s immune systems hold the secret to longer life (The Telegraph)

Study: Ultra-low salt intake may not boost health (Reuters)

Study: Gut Bug May Prevent Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes (Medical News Today)

Top 9 Irish Health News Stories after 9am

Green light today for six hospital groups (Irish Times)

Cost of health cover to rise by €600 per year (Irish Independent)

Study: 1 in 10 women badly affected by PMS (Irish Health)

Evidence that antibiotic resistant infection at issue in Savita case is on the rise (Irish Times)

Angelina Jolie: I had double mastectomy to avoid breast cancer (The Journal)

Abortion doctor guilty of murder risks death penalty (Irish Examiner)

Dementia ‘to double in 20 years’ (BBC News)

Waist to height ratio ‘more accurate than BMI’ (The Telegraph)

The health warnings written on your face: From overdoing it at the gym to eating spicy food, how your looks reveal your lifestyle (Daily Mail)

Top 9 Irish Health News Stories after 9am

Plan to split hospital system sparks fears for patient care (Irish Independent)

Demands for the Government to clamp down on notorious websites that promote eating disorders rejected by ministers (Irish Examiner)

Three teams of medics could have reached boy (Irish Independent)

Parkinson’s, diabetes, heart disease? – How many other conditions could be due to an infectious organism (The Telegraph)

Fury at smoking breath test for all mothers-to-be as it is revealed one in three still light up during pregnancy (Daily Mail)

GPs back abortion for lethal abnormalities (Irish Health)

Do Healthier Fast Food Options Exist? (Medical News Today)

Research On Cilia Heats Up: Implications for Hearing, Vision Loss and Kidney Disease (Science Daily)

New SARS-like virus can probably pass person-to-person (Reuters)