Calls for cameras on ambulance staff to deter attacks
Ambulance crews should carry cameras to help prevent thousands of assaults on front-line staff in London each year, according to a report.
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Breast cancer ‘personal drugs’ hope after gene study
“Personalised” treatments for breast cancer are a step closer, according to research scientists at Cardiff University.
Skin cancer: Genetic mutations ‘warn of risk’
Scientists say they have taken a step forward in understanding why some people are at greater risk of skin cancer because of their family history.
Mid-Staffs scandal: Nursing and Midwifery Council criticised
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is facing more criticism over its handling of disciplinary cases in a report by the Professional Standards Authority.
Documentary shines light on new dementia therapy
A TV producer is winning plaudits internationally for his documentary about an experimental study in the United States on elderly people with dementia that seeks to restore their identities and improve the quality of their final stages of life.
Chelsea Pensioner dementia sufferers get a military makeover in care
For patients with advanced dementia that can be a reality. Even at the lower end of the scale when memory starts to fail everyday existence can be bewildering.
Four British people catch TB from CATS in Home Counties in first known cases of feline-human transmission
Two people have developed tuberculosis (TB) and two more have latent TB after contact with a cat, experts have revealed.
Moment a deaf woman could hear for first time
This is the magical moment a woman who has been deaf since birth was able to hear for the very first time after having electronic implants in her ears switched on.
Thousands of dementia patients not referred to specialists
Thousands of patients with suspected dementia are not being referred to specialists after being admitted to hospital as an emergency, new figures show.
‘Ageless’ dementia services are an insult to the elderly
When, 16 years ago, I told the interview panel at medical school that I wanted to specialise in dementia, one of them leant forward and asked incredulously: ”Why on earth would you want to do that?