Welcome to Medilink North West
Medilink North West is a membership-based professional organisation with a remit to stimulate growth and innovation in the medical and health technology sector throughout the North West. It is part of Medilink UK, a national network of Medilink partners working to improve innovation and technology transfer in the UK healthcare sector.
Medilink North West offers its members a practical portfolio of business support initiatives including support to convert new ideas into profitable new products, assistance with regulatory affairs, grant funding initiatives, bid writing, equity investment, NHS procurement, collaborative research, project management and a host of networking opportunities.
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BBC Health News
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Dieting 'safe for pregnant women'
Fri, 18 May 2012 01:36:38 GMTDieting in pregnancy is safe and does not carry risks for the baby, a review of research has suggested.
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Kids' cardiac service criticised
Fri, 18 May 2012 12:25:37 GMTAn independent panel says cardiac services at Glasgow's Sick Children's Hospital "may be unsafe if critical staffing problems are not addressed".
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Father wants 'donation' lessons
Fri, 18 May 2012 01:37:16 GMTA father who lost his son to leukaemia is calling for schools and colleges to make a lesson on donating stem cells, blood and organs part of the curriculum.
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Parent classes 'not nanny state'
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:44:07 GMTPrime Minister David Cameron defends free parenting classes in England, denying they are the policy of a "nanny state".
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Statins 'benefit healthy people'
Wed, 16 May 2012 23:34:17 GMTThousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.
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UK retains strict animal test law
Thu, 17 May 2012 13:23:22 GMTThe UK says it will retain stricter animal testing standards than required by a new European Union Directive.
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Dementia patient 'had 106 carers'
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:19:10 GMTA woman claims her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year.
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Oldest living kidney donor at 83
Wed, 16 May 2012 23:34:32 GMTAn 83-year-old man becomes the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still alive, the NHS Blood and Transplant service says.
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Robotic arm controlled by thought
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:51 GMTTwo patients who are paralysed from the neck down are able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.
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Computer game for stroke patients
Thu, 17 May 2012 13:10:02 GMTNewcastle University helps to develop a computer game to help those who have suffered strokes.
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Rise in ambulance delays at A&E
Thu, 17 May 2012 11:03:31 GMTAmbulances are spending 50% more time outside hospitals in Kent, Sussex and Surrey, the BBC has learned.
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Old films to aid memory recovery
Thu, 17 May 2012 01:35:59 GMTOld home movies are being used to help trigger the forgotten past of people with dementia and other memory loss.
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Baby's quick birth in bathroom
Tue, 15 May 2012 18:34:03 GMTA young couple deliver their baby at home in Wakefield after a labour lasting just eight minutes.
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Why we should talk more about death
Fri, 18 May 2012 02:43:27 GMTWhy doctors should talk more about death
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VIDEO: 'I felt trapped' in female body
Fri, 18 May 2012 06:34:49 GMTMusic producer Thomas Dolby describes how one of his latest songs, Simone, was inspired by his son, Harper, who was born a girl but changed genders.
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VIDEO: Thoughts used to control robotic arm
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:10 GMTTwo patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down have been able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.
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AUDIO: Should workers be tested for drugs?
Thu, 17 May 2012 12:19:33 GMTBBC Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire got reaction to the Metropolitan Police chief's suggestion that all workers should be screened.
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VIDEO: Statins 'could benefit healthy people'
Thu, 17 May 2012 18:04:46 GMTThousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.
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AUDIO: Should junk food be taxed?
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:50:30 GMTBBC Radio 5 live's Tony Livesey discussed whether junk food should be taxed to help tackle obesity
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VIDEO: Ban chips on school menus, says Reid
Wed, 16 May 2012 09:51:58 GMTBig businesses should sponsor compulsory school meals, and packed lunches should be banned, says the former cage fighter and Celebrity Big Brother winner Alex Reid.
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VIDEO: UK's oldest living kidney donor
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:30:16 GMTNicholas Crace, the 83-year-old who has become the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still being alive, told BBC Breakfast why he decided to donate so late in life.
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VIDEO: Doctor's tube helps beat pneumonia
Thu, 10 May 2012 13:51:17 GMTA ventilation tube invented by a doctor to prevent the spread of pneumonia in intensive care patients is saving money as well as lives.
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How village life can help the elderly
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:31:48 GMTHow retirement complexes could help tackle social care crisis
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'Champions' raise diabetes awareness
Fri, 18 May 2012 16:28:45 GMTHow ethinic minorities are being informed about diabetes
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Making dramatic impact on health
Thu, 17 May 2012 16:43:59 GMTHow dancers are making a dramatic impact on dementia
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Patients 'skip' cholesterol drugs
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:14:50 GMTWhy some people ignore blood pressure problems
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Epilepsy children in surgery plan
Tue, 15 May 2012 00:51:44 GMTHelping children who do not respond to drugs
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Boy battled cancer twice in year
Sun, 13 May 2012 00:39:25 GMTThe genetic disorder that caused cancer twice
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Extreme breastfeeding
Sat, 12 May 2012 00:06:01 GMTDoes magazine cover exploit or promote debate on nursing?
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