Electrotherapy is already being used to treat a range of health ailments from migraine to depression and even potentially dementia. Here we talk to Anorexia expert Dr Lorna Richards, Consultant Psychiatrist at the Priory Hospital Woking about how we could help people with the eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa: Do you think electrotherapy (deep brain stimulation) […]
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A new exhibition ‘Aspects of Age’ opening this week at the Royal College of Nursing reflects how the way we care for older people has changed, over two centuries, shifting from institutional to home care, from the workhouse and asylums of the Victorian era to the hospital and care home and beyond. Dawne Garrett, RCN […]
Frailty may still be primarily viewed only in terms of physical health – and not all physical, social, mental and environmental domains of frailty may be routinely assessed, according to a recent study published in BMC Geriatrics. The findings come from a study which used an online survey to ascertain the ‘assessments for frailty’ used […]
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With over 20% of the population in industrial countries engaging shift work – in sectors such as healthcare and transportation – we urgently need to understand its health burden . Many studies have shown that shift work is associated with heart and metabolic diseases, but new research in Experimental Physiology has clarified how shift work […]
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WHO estimates that in 2010 there were 285 million people visually impaired, of which 39 million were blind This new research will enable the creation of new, better, treatments against a number of sight-threatening diseases The team’s research may also help to devise new strategies to mend hearts after a heart attack. Researchers from Queen’s University […]
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Children born into poverty show key differences in early brain function – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied the brain function of children aged between four months and four years in rural India. They found that children from lower-income backgrounds, where mothers also had a low level of education, […]
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Smoking is one of the hardest addictions to quit. For many people, it takes lots of tries to stop smoking for good. Some who are trying to quit smoking turn to alternatives including vaping, and these products are helping lots of ex-smokers stay off tobacco. Vaping is 95 per cent less harmful than smoking cigarettes, […]