Breaking the chains of medical hierarchy: a plea for progressive perimenopausal and menopausal care by GP Dr Ceri Cashell. This is a call to my GP colleagues to stand up and challenge new draft NICE guidelines for managing the menopause, which have the potential to seriously damage the progress we are making in women’s health. […]
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Neurodegenerative disease genetic discovery: A ‘perfect storm’ of genetic mutations, toxic proteins and a defect in natural cell recycling has been uncovered in University of Queensland research that could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Researchers have found brain cells are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of the triple threat, […]
Dementia: Time to implement research findings: The last 20 years has seen significant advancements in our understanding of the human brain and the biology of dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. However, despite this progress, there remains a lack of societal understanding of dementia and implementation of our knowledge about how to treat it effectively. Recent […]
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