The lack of professional care for people suffering dementia is threatening a staffing crisis for British businesses as workers are forced to cut their hours or quit to support loved-ones, new research shows.
A Good Life With Dementia says greater emphasis should be placed on helping people with dementia to value living in the moment rather than focusing on memory loss.
Thousands of dementia sufferers should be offered experimental drugs in the race to find a successful treatment, the Government’s adviser on the disease said.
Researchers have discovered that a gene regulator active during fetal brain development, called REST, switches back on later in life to protect aging neurons from various stresses, including the toxic effects of abnormal proteins.
Almost two-thirds of people with diabetes do not have a personal care plan to help them manage their condition, research suggests.
All of Alex Lewis major organ began shutting down and doctors said he had a 3% chance of survival.
Findings suggest that 100 cases of flu per 1,000 people could be prevented just by stepping up exercise.
Despite record numbers of patients, accident and emergency departments are struggling to recruit and retain staff, the College of Emergency Medicine says. So why are doctors leaving to find work elsewhere?
Around 1 in 5 of the population was infected in both recent outbreaks of seasonal flu and the H1N1 influenza pandemic, but only 23 per cent of the infections caused symptoms.
An aspiring model who was turned down for a smear test because doctors said she was too young to get cervical cancer has died from the disease.
