Healthcare, The NHS, People & Training
The calorie counts used as the foundation for diet plans and healthy-eating guidance for the past 18 years may be wrong. The recommended daily intake of calories could be increased by up to 16%, a draft report by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition said. Intake levels are currently 2,000 calories for women and 2,500 [...]
A US study claims that children with dyslexia find it harder to hear in noisy classrooms than those without the condition. Pupils with poor reading skills were also more likely to struggle to retain information when there was background noise, researchers reported in Neuron. They said the findings, based on tests on 30 children, might [...]
Needless use of anti-psychotic drugs is widespread in dementia care and contributes to the death of many patients, an official review suggests. About 180,000 patients a year are given the drugs in care homes, hospitals and their own homes to manage aggression. But the expert review – commissioned by ministers – said the treatment was [...]
Scientists have identified a drug which may offer hope to patients with a particularly lethal form of lung cancer. The drug eliminated small cell lung cancer tumours in 50% of mice, and blocked the cells’ ability to resist standard chemotherapy treatment. The Imperial College London team now hope to test it in patients with an [...]
Tissue created in a laboratory has been used to completely replace the erectile tissue of the penis in animals. This advance has hopes raised of being able to restore full function to human penises that have been damaged by injury or disease. Scientists for Wake Forest University, North Carolina gave rabbits the engineered tissue and [...]
Researchers are claiming that being obese as a teenager may be linked with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis as an adult. A 40-year study of 238,000 women found those who were obese at 18 had twice the risk of developing MS compared to women who were slimmer at that age. Having said this body [...]
Researchers are claiming that women treated for breast cancer are at a higher risk of a relapse if they have “dense” breasts. According to the journal Cancer those with denser breasts are four times more likely to see their cancer return, compared to women with less dense breasts. The Canadian authors advise that women with [...]
The NHS under the spotlight again! This is because they are being accused of not doing enough to protect staff from a daily barrage of punches, slaps and kicks. In the last 3 years there has ony been a 0.5% increase in sanctions against offenders, this is despite a promise of “zero tolerance” approach. Some [...]
Statistics show than in Britain one in 10 can’t sleep at night. New online treatments for insomnia could be the cure that is only a click away? Of course there are those who are critical of this new treatment such as Jim Horne who claims that: “The more personal the approach between the person who [...]
On Saturday 26th September a trial began involving 1,000 children to test two swine flu vaccines before the launch of a UK vaccination. The information is limited but the trial will allow the experts to observe immune reactions and any side effects which may occur. The children participating in this trial are aged between six [...]