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Millenium baby round-up
2 January 2000 MILLENNIUM BABY ROUND-UP THE FIRST baby of the new Millennium in Britain and Ireland was born in Dublin just a second after the bells rang. Caroline Anne, who weighed 8lb 1oz, was born to her mum Antoniette McGarr just after the bells began to chime. Her birth makes her the first baby…
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Tagged Berlin, Birmingham, Chloe Marie Pratt, County Dublin, Daniel McConville, Dublin, Glasgow, Hampstead, Ireland, Midwife
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More information for parents, please
5 July 1999 More information for parents, please Giving parents more information about child illness doesn’t necessarily reduce the number of times they consult their GP or health visitor, but it does help them to identify serious illness more accurately. Parents in Glasgow were given a booklet called Baby Check, which is designed to help…
Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) may double prem babies’ chances of survival
17 August 1999 Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a new technique that has improved the chance of survival for some babies born with severe breathing difficulties. The procedure provides an artificial heart and lung for babies born at term, or up to five weeks prematurely, until their own lungs are well enough to take…
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Tagged Department of Health, ECMO, Glasgow, Leicester, Medical equipment
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Sick kids new playground
10 July, 2000 A PLAYGROUND worth £20,000 has been donated to the Glasgow Royal Hospital for Sick Children. The Fisher Price playground, donated as part of a Let’s Play Together initiative, between the toy company and Pampers, is the first of four to be set up around the country. Another is to be set up…
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Tagged Fisher, Glasgow, Leicestershire, Outdoor recreation, Parks, Play, Playground, Stoney Stanton, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
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Raise money for NSPCC – by parking your car
Holidaymakers who book airport parking with Airparks this year will be helping to raise £25,000 for a children’s charity, NSPCC. The UK’s largest off-airport parking company is donating 50p to the NSPCC every time a Park and Ride booking is made at one of its seven UK car parks in 2011. The donation doesn’t cost…
The Falkirk Wheel Review
The Falkirk Wheel was originally not intended to be a tourist attraction. It was built as part of the Millennium Link project to link up canals and enable barges to travel right across central Scotland from Edinburgh to Glasgow. The “wheel” is the world’s only rotating boat lift and is quite spectacular. As the numbers of visitors…
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Tagged Boat lift, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Falkirk Wheel, food, Glasgow, Millennium Link
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Tommy’s Campaign Saving Tiny Lives
TOMMY’S CAMPAIGN SAVING TINY LIVES TOMMY’S Campaign provides funding for a wide range of research projects across the UK to improve the survival chances of thousands of babies. Sadly, not every pregnancy goes to plan. One in four pregnancies end in miscarriage and one in 188 babies is stillborn. More than 100 babies are born…
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Tagged Bristol, Cambridge, Derby, Glasgow, Leicester, Miscarriage, Nottingham, Oxford, Pre-eclampsia, Pregnancy, premature birth
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Support Groups – S
Support Groups – S Sainsbury’s Well Being ‘Eating for Pregnancy’ Helpline: 0845 1303646 (local rates apply) Telephone helpline for pregnant and breastfeeding women. The Samaritans The Upper Mill Kingston Road Ewell Surrey KT17 2AF Tel: 020 8394 8300 Fax: 020 8394 8301 24 Hour Helpline: 08457 90 90 90 (UK) 1850 60 90 90 (Northern…
Organic milk isn’t healthier for children
20th September 2006 The food watchdog has ruled that organic milk does not have any health benefits above ordinary milk. Organic farmers have seen a dramatic increase in sales after a three-year study at the Universities of Glasgow and Liverpool found organic milk contained 68 per cent more Omega-3 fatty acids on average than conventional milk. Along with cardiac…
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Tagged Deirde Hutton, Fatty acid, Food Standards Agency, Glasgow, Health, Liverpool, milk, Nutrition, Omega-3 fatty acid, Organic farming, Organic food, Soil Association
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Baby swallows ecstasy
4 April 2000 A ONE-year-old boy has swallowed what is believed to be ecstasy, after finding the tablets in his family home. The child has not been named, but the Edinburgh Sick Children’s Hospital, where he is being treated, said his condition is reported to be stable. Police have confirmed that he swallowed drugs, although they have…
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Tagged Amphetamines, Analgesic, Christmas, Drug rehabilitation, Glasgow, Heroin, MDMA, Opioids, Pharmacology, Phenethylamines
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