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Ex-steelman extends help to Aids victims

Drop-in centre in Soweto.

Thursday, January 01, 2009

A FORMER Scunthorpe

steel has spent his festive season helping to care for some of the millions of AIDS victims in South Africa.

The plight of the African people has taken on such a special meaning for Mick Graham (59), that he has extended his original...

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Doctors' fears at web ratings

FEARS: Dr Richard Falk, of South Axholme Practice, Epworth, who is concerned about plans to rate GP surgeries on the internet.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

DOCTORS in North Lincolnshire have dismissed plans for patients to rate their services online as 'a gimmick'. Government proposals to allow...

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Help stem spread of colds and flu

SNEEZY DOES IT: Simple steps like using a tissue and then disposing of it can help stem the spread of germs at this time of year when cold and flu are most widespread.

Monday, December 29, 2008

FLU causes about 30 deaths a year in North Lincolnshire but simple steps can stop it spreading. Health chiefs have launched a campaign called...

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Fresh foods on menu at hospital

NEW SUPPLIERS: Scunthorpe General Hospital catering manager Graham Knight (left) and Grimsby hospital chef Keith Hunt sort and prepare local ingredients for both the ward meals and to be served in the restaurant.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

FRESH North Lincolnshire vegetables are on the shopping list at Scunthorpe General Hospital for the first time. Hospital cooks are now sourcing...

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TB cases 'nothing to worry about'

DISCUSSIONS: Dr Andrew Furber, North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust director of public health, (left) meets John Leggott College principal Nic Dakin to discuss the recent tuberculosis cases at the college. PICTURE: Paul Torrie.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

NORTH Lincolnshire's latest TB case is 'very unusual and there is no cause for alarm', the local health chief has confirmed. North Lincolnshire...

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Infection control biggest challenge

MAKING PROGRESS: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust chairman Bill Beaumont. PICTURE: Carl Gac.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

INFECTION control remains Scunthorpe General Hospital's biggest challenge, bosses have confirmed. The new chairman of North Lincolnshire and...

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Challenges treating lung disease

ASTHMATIC: Asthma sufferer Ben Hodge says he intends to chat with his GP about COPD.

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

THOUSANDS of North Lincolnshire lung disease sufferers could be receiving the wrong treatment, according to the latest research. Four out of...

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Online diet here to help

FESTIVE FEAST: Everyone will be enjoying their Christmas dinner, but for many there will be a price to pay for over-indulgence.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

SLIMMERS already worrying about piling on Christmas can relax, because the Scunthorpe Telegraph's new online diet programme is here to help....

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Last chance to be champion slimmer

SIGNED UP: Sharron Lewis-Shores, who is one of the Telegraph's slimming champions, with her son Jacob.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

IF YOU would like to help others beat the bulge this is your last chance to become one of the Telegraph's champion slimmers. One more slimming...

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Wife donates brain to help others

GIFT TO OTHERS: Douglas Axcell with his late wife, Janita.

Friday, November 21, 2008

THE wife of a Baptist minister who lost a 13 year battle with Alzheimer's Disease donated her brain to research to help find a cure. Janita...

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