Skin transplant surgery could be an effective way of treating the skin disease vitiligo, say US researchers. A team in Detroit transferred healthy skin cells to 32 patients who had areas of the body that had lost colour due to the condition.

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Skin transplant surgery could be an effective way of treating the skin disease vitiligo, say US researchers. A team in Detroit transferred healthy skin cells to 32 patients who had areas of the body that had lost colour due to the condition.

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Skin transplant surgery could be an effective way of treating the skin disease vitiligo, say US researchers. A team in Detroit transferred healthy skin cells to 32 patients who had areas of the body that had lost colour due to the condition.

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Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in patients at high risk of heart disease, research suggests. A study of 25,250 patients in Germany found that only about half were assigned the correct targets for lowering cholesterol

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Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in patients at high risk of heart disease, research suggests. A study of 25,250 patients in Germany found that only about half were assigned the correct targets for lowering cholesterol. Doctors believe the findings, published in the European Heart Journal, may apply in the rest of Europe.

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Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in patients at high risk of heart disease, research suggests. A study of 25,250 patients in Germany found that only about half were assigned the correct targets for lowering cholesterol.

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By Nick Triggle Health reporter, BBC News Too many patients are not getting the medicines they need in hospital, a safety watchdog says. The National Patient Safety Agency warned it was a problem in every hospital in England and Wales and is now writing to them urging action. The watchdog said it had evidence of thousands of cases of patients getting their drugs late or not at all, including 27 resulting in deaths

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By Nick Triggle Health reporter, BBC News Too many patients are not getting the medicines they need in hospital, a safety watchdog says. The National Patient Safety Agency warned it was a problem in every hospital in England and Wales and is now writing to them urging action.

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By Nick Triggle Health reporter, BBC News Too many patients are not getting the medicines they need in hospital, a safety watchdog says. The National Patient Safety Agency warned it was a problem in every hospital in England and Wales and is now writing to them urging action

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Unfortunately for young motorists the road leading to affordable auto insurance can be a little more difficult than those who are more mature and have more experience behind the wheel. The reason for this is that younger motorist, especially teenagers are statistically shown to have a higher involvement in traffic collisions. From a statistical standpoint, teenagers are much more likely to have an accident and also have bad driving habits including using cell phones and being easily distracted by passengers.

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