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Winter is always the most difficult time for the health service - illness and injury increase when it is cold.
BBC: The consequences of a busy day
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It entails a different approach to life, death, health and illness, and a different view of the doctor-patient relationship, of health services and of risk factors.
UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences
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"It is unthinkable to me that there would be a child, God forbid, that would experience a life-threatening illness and not have health insurance, " he said.
NPR: For Blind Lawmaker, Biography Reflects In Policy
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Enormous quantities of air pollution from burning forests led to a dramatic rise in the number of cases of eye irritation, respiratory illness and cardiovascular disease -- examples of the unexpected public health surprises which become more likely in a warming world.
CNN: Global warming may harm human health
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Minnesota is the nation's third-largest pig farming state, and its health experts said Wednesday they would be calling the illness "H1N1 novel flu" going forward.
CNN: Inaccurate 'swine' flu label hurts industry, pork producers say
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The campaign also calls for closer co-operation between the police and health authorities in order to prevent individuals with a history of mental illness from accessing guns.
BBC: Horden shooting family in gun control law petition