The Government should publish its long-awaited vaccination strategy as soon as possible to help reverse a dramatic decline in take-up and protect young and vulnerable people from deadly infections, the Local Government Association says today. While uptake for most childhood immunisations is at more than 90 per cent, there has been a significant decline in […]
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· Mental health campaigner Hope Virgo visited Life Works Hospital in Woking, Surrey · Author of “Stand Tall Little Girl; facing anorexia” regularly shares positive updates and motivational posts about her recovery with thousands on Instagram · Hope has been in recovery from an eating disorder for over a decade · Life Works Director Steve […]
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The treatment and management of pain in people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be a challenge due to problems in communication and uncommon symptoms of pain. Opioid painkillers are widely prescribed, but not without adverse effects. Finding the best course of treatment to alleviate pain in people with Alzheimer’s disease is a complex and multifaceted […]
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Sarcoma UK is calling on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS England, and pharmaceutical companies to have flexibility so that cancer patients in England with few treatment options can access the latest treatments as soon as possible. National bone and soft tissue cancer charity, Sarcoma UK, was disappointed to see that […]
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Regular readers of my blogs on this platform will know that I believe that aluminium has a role to play in Alzheimer’s disease (No aluminium, no Alzheimer’s disease). The research that finally affirmed this opinion showed very high levels of aluminium in brain tissue in individuals who died of familial Alzheimer’s disease (Aluminium in brain […]
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The use of antipsychotics is associated with increased risks of head and brain injuries among persons with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland. The risk increase was highest at the initiation of antipsychotic use. The results were published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS). “As […]
‘- Aggressive stomach and gullet cancers evolve escape routes under selective pressure from immune system – Findings underline importance of cancer evolution, and could help optimise immunotherapy Aggressive, highly mutated cancers evolve escape routes in response to immune attacks in an ‘evolutionary arms race’ between cancer and the immune system, a new study reports. Gullet […]
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New research shows how second-degree burns cause hard-to-treat chronic pain, and this understanding may be key to treating these complications, common in war veterans This research, published in Physiological Reports, suggests that burns cause changes to neurons in multiple parts of the spinal cord, even far from the injury site, which can contribute to chronic pain and other long-term complications. […]
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A 2 degrees Celsius rise in temperatures could result in around 2,100 additional deaths from injuries every year in the United States. This is the finding of research from Imperial College London, Columbia University and Harvard University, published in the journal Nature Medicine. In the study, funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the […]
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Researchers from Northumbria University are asking adults aged 65 or over to spare some time to help with their latest research into reducing loneliness in older people and improving function in everyday tasks. Currently, there are nearly 12 million people aged 65 and above in the UK. In 50 years there are projected to be […]