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Mon 03 Mar 2003Don't let your life worry you silly
MEDICAL MATTERS: 'Prevention is better than cure" and "a stitch in time saves nine" are widely accepted notions in modern health. But it is equally important that we retain a tinge of hedonism in our lives, writes Dr Muiris Houston
Such thoughts are prompted by a recent report from Dublin City Coroner's Court. It concerns Mary Kate Duggan, a 63-year-old from Co Longford who died last year from a heart attack brought on by a severe case of tetanus.
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