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It’s the 10-mile Great South Run this Sunday, and I'd would like to wish all of our runners the best of luck! I hope that with the clocks going back one hour on Sunday morning, all of our runners will have plenty of sleep the night before to have a great run on Sunday! Kate and I will be in the charity village to meet all of the runners both before and after the race, so please come over to the marquee and say hello, let us know how you got on, and of course save a smile to have your photo taken after the race! Next week we'll be uploading...
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Posted in Fundraising by Nikki May on 26 October 2011
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Posted in MRF News by Gill Currie on 25 October 2011
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I've been trying to get data on infant deaths due to contaminated infant formula and while these are documented in Israel, France and the US, there seem to be no reported cases in other countries where the same brands of (inevitably unsterile) powder are sold, although rates of contamination with infective agents are high in any study done. What protocol exists to eliminate formula as the source in all cases of meningitis or sepsis in infancy? Is it always sampled and cultured and typed? This is something that if you don't look, you won't find.
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Posted in About meningitis & septicaemia by Maureen MINCHIN on 24 October 2011
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