Sir Nicholas Bacon, President of the RHS, welcomes you to Virtual Chelsea. In Chelsea week enjoy highlights and features created by our garden designers, nurseries, ambassadors, Discovery zone exhibitors and florists as we seek to bring a taste of Chelsea 2020 to your homes. See more of Virtual Chelsea at https://www.rhs.org.uk/virtualchelsea […]
World Heart Rhythm Week will be held from 1 – 7 June. Learn more in this video interview between Professor Cowie and Trudie Lobban MBE about the issues regarding Covid-19 and Heart Failure. Martin Cowie is Professor of Cardiology (Health Services Research) and is an Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation […]
How to do sports during the Corona epidemic? Interview with Prof. Henning Wackerhage on the interactions between sports and the coronavirus epidemic. For sports, the current corona epidemic is the biggest challenge of the last 100 years. Henning Wackerhage, Professor of Sports Biology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has therefore analyzed the relationships […]
By Professor Georgina Ellison-Hughes, Dr Rocio Martinez-Nunez and Dr Rui Ribeiro Galao, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King’s College London With promises of antibody tests being rolled out in the next few days to NHS and care staff in England, and retailers told not to send home-testing kits as their accuracy is questioned, it […]
An estimated 60 million people worldwide have the chronic skin condition, psoriasis, according to the latest results of the Global Psoriasis Atlas (GPA). The Atlas is an international project led by Professor Chris Griffiths and Professor Darren Ashcroft, at The University of Manchester. These latest findings have been published in British Medical Journal (BMJ) today […]
New research published in Experimental Physiology suggests that fire service instructors are at increased risk of cardiovascular diseases due to higher levels of inflammation in their blood, and so their exposure should be limited to nine exposures per month. During their lessons to firefighters, fire service instructors experience core temperature increases to over 38°C when […]
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ARRHYTHMIA ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES WORLD HEART RHYTHM WEEK 1 – 7 JUNE 2020. World Heart Rhythm Week, the brainchild of Arrhythmia Alliance, is highlighting the importance of knowing and understanding our heart rhythms. As many are aware, this year will be quite different for us all. Due to the Coronavirus and recent government regulations, we are […]
The impact of lockdown on older people is under scrutiny by researchers at the University of Aberdeen who are seeking to understand its effect on their physical activity and well-being. As well as gauging how public health messages are being interpreted by those aged 65 and over, and the impact on their levels of exercise, […]
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Currently there are no proven treatments for coronavirus. However, there is a huge amount of research going into finding a treatment for this disease. For mild disease, the aim is to relieve symptoms whilst your body fights the illness. This includes staying at home. The reasons for this are twofold; firstly, to rest, rehydrate and […]
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Alternative care plans explored for vulnerable patients amid pandemic. Substitute care plans for vulnerable patients whose regular hospital and GP check-ups have been disrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic are the focus of a new project to be launched at the University of Aberdeen. Patients at the highest clinical risk are among the 200,000 people […]
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