Being overweight ‘may be less unhealthy’
Being overweight may not be as unhealthy as it was 40 years ago, Danish…
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‘Falls Prevention For Elderly People At Home’
Key Statistics: Over one million older people fall at home each year Falls are the most common…
BIRMINGHAM WOMEN’S HOSPITAL LEADS THE WAY IN GENOMIC DIAGNOSIS
BWH adopts Congenica’s Sapientia for gene-disease insights that reclassify disease Birmingham Women’s Hospital (BWH) has…
Cancer costs too high for average Welsh family, charity says
Most people in Wales cannot financially afford to get cancer because of the increased living…
Headley Court military rehabilitation unit opened to veterans
Veterans will now be treated at Headley Court military rehabilitation unit as well as serving…
LifeVac Anti-Choking Device
We are now reading news reports nearly every day of children and adults choking to…
‘Unacceptable’ that families ‘not told of resuscitation plans’
Medical staff have placed “do not resuscitate” orders on thousands of patients in England without…
Yarm care home mark Queen’s 90th birthday and residents celebrate St. George’s Day
To celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday Reuben Manor Activity Co-ordinators Ann Smith & Elly Preston…
UNISCAN HELPS ST LUKE’S HOSPICE CELEBRATE ITS
St Luke’s Hospice in Basildon has just taken delivery of an initial six walking frames…
Worsening depression ‘may predict dementia risk’
Other patterns of symptoms, such as chronic depression, appear not to be linked, a study…
everyLIFE Technologies set to Skydive for Contact The Elderly
Hannah Montgomery, of everyLIFE Technologies, has taken up the challenge of jumping out of a…
Symptoms of dementia
Dementia is not a disease, but a collection of symptoms that result from damage to…
Warning issued over alarming rise in ‘super-gonorrhoea’ cases
Gonorrhoea is caused by bacteria called Neisseria gonorrhoeae “Doctors have expressed ‘huge concern’ that super-gonorrhoea…
UK dementia rates have fallen sharply in men
Older men tend to be more health conscious these days “Dementia rate falls as men…
Children in care ‘too often denied mental health treatment’
The Commons Education Committee says children fostered in England are sometimes denied treatment simply because…