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Cumbria's dentists in oral health pilot scheme
9:59am Monday 15th March 2010
CUMBRIA is to be at the cutting-edge of national improvements to NHS dentistry.
Smoking is going out of fashion in Cumbria, says health chief
3:14pm Tuesday 9th March 2010
LIGHTING up in Cumbria is going out of fashion according to the county’s top public health expert.
Cumbrian doctors get more budget powers
3:57pm Monday 8th March 2010
Family doctors are to be given more responsibility over the future shape of local NHS services in Cumbria.
Gastric band helps High Bentham woman lose ten stones
4:50pm Wednesday 24th February 2010
A NORTH Yorkshire woman lost half her body weight in less than a year when she took drastic measures to fight obesity and had a gastric band fitted.
Health warning after Cumbria sheep rustling incidents
10:39am Wednesday 24th February 2010
POLICE are investigating two sheep rustling incidents in the county and are urging the public to be vigilant after one herd was injected with a vaccine which could be extremely harmful to humans.
Holme woman raises funds for pancreatic cancer
10:20am Saturday 20th February 2010
A HOLME woman who was inspired by the story of Kate Hardcastle losing her mother and brother to pancreatic cancer is raising money to help combat the disease.
Work starts on new Sedbergh health centre
6:05pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010
WORK has begun on creating a new health centre in a Yorkshire Dales town.
Calls for children's hospice for South Lakeland
5:20pm Wednesday 27th January 2010
THERE are growing calls for a children’s hospice to be built in South Lakeland.
Will 'Bownessie' be found in Windermere?
2:56pm Thursday 21st January 2010
A SECOND investigation is being planned to find Windermere’s legendary monster after video evidence previously recorded “something big”.
Kendal hospital cancer treatment bid boost
7:30pm Wednesday 16th December 2009
A SOUTH Lakeland hospital has received a double boost in its bid to become a specialist centre for cancer treatment.
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