Author: Hippocratic Post

Dame Judi Dench praises ‘Revitalise’ as charity offers isolation support to disabled people during COVID-19 crisis. National charity Revitalise are also offering their centres for care support to help the NHS free up hospital beds Revitalise have been creating holidays for disabled people and their carers for over 55 years, and now, during the current […]

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A new virtual consultation service – www.doctorinthehouse.net – launched today to provide a free, safe healthcare service that links worried patients to at-home healthcare professionals. The aim is to ease the pressure on the NHS during the COVID-19 outbreak; and to give patients first-hand consultations during the lock-down. This service can scale-up at speed to […]

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This is the latest instalment of the War Doctor Heroes series from the David Nott Foundation(The Foundation), introducing Dr Ayman, a Syrian vascular surgeon and War Doctor Hero from Syria. The Foundation first met Ayman back in 2013, when David Nott was volunteering in Alzarour Hospital, Aleppo. Whilst treating patients, David was able to teach […]

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Staying fit during isolation – new online fitness programme Quarantrain launches today.  Staff and students from the University of Nottingham are part of an international team of experts who are today (2 April) launching QuaranTrain – a student-led healthcare project to help provide information and resources to stay fit and well during periods of isolation. Covid-19 […]

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Patients with schizophrenia have higher levels of dopamine and the typical symptoms of the disease have been linked to this. However, it is not only the elevated level of the neurotransmitter dopamine that triggers symptoms in patients but also poorer regulation of dopamine release by a certain area of the brain. For the first time, […]

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