Ireland Health News API

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            "title": "STUDY: Opioid medication may reduce body's ability to fight C. diff infection",
            "description": "People taking certain antibiotics or with weakened immune systems are especially at risk of developing Clostridioides difficile, also known C. diff disease. Using opioids could be another risk factor, according to a new paper.",
            "content": "When Pooja Gokhale, a doctoral candidate in University of Georgia's College of Pharmacy, found hints of a link between opioids and severe infection, she led a meta-analysis that examined four studies of almost 120,000 hospitalized patients.\nThe resea... [1032 chars]",
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            "content": "LITTLE Harry Keenan was a happy little baby, until he turned nine months old.\nMum Laura first noticed her baby son’s tummy appeared swollen, he would cry out and appeared malnourished, despite feeding like a newborn.\nIt was to be the start of an agon... [7119 chars]",
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            "title": "Shock Christmas shopping symptom sparked grim diagnosis, I was told to make memories but know why I've defied odds",
            "description": "AINE Wood realised something was very wrong after spending hours Christmas shopping without a single urge to eat.\nThe Dublin-born woman, who...",
            "content": "AINE Wood realised something was very wrong after spending hours Christmas shopping without a single urge to eat.\nThe Dublin-born woman, who lives in Essex in England, ended up in A&E days later with jaundice – but was told it was just a gallstone in... [7939 chars]",
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