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Elan’s Tysabri lowers Crohn’s hospitalisations
Athlone-based pharmaceutical company, Elan, and its US partner Biogen have announced that their drug Tysabri has been proven to significantly reduce the rate of hospitalisation of patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease.
NUIG research alliance to tackle diabetes
NUI Galway and the University of Ulster have joined forces with HSE West and the Western Health and Social Care Trust to create a collaborative cross-border partnership on diabetes-related research.
Boots to hold asthma awareness day
World Health Organisation figures for 2007 estimate there are 300 million asthma sufferers worldwide, and mortality rates are on the rise.
Parents urged to get children vaccinated as measles cases surge
The HSE West is urging parents to make sure their children are vaccinated against measles in the wake of an outbreak of the condition in Co Galway.
More than six thousand calves die on Mayo farms
Some 6,000 calves born on farms in Mayo die before they reach six weeks of age, according to official figures from the Department of Agriculture.
