Ending female genital mutilation: My hopes for my meeting with Gove
‘I went to Integrate Bristol after school one day when I had no idea what female genital mutilation even was,’ says Fahma Mohamed.
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Loneliness blights the lives of cancer patients after diagnosis
More than one in five people with cancer in the UK are lonely and rendered housebound by their illness.
‘Deadly’ diet and no exercise makes obesity the ‘new norm’ across Europe, warns World Health Organisation
Up to 27 per cent of Europes 13-year-olds and 33 per cent of 11-year-olds are overweight, officials said ahead of an EU summit in Greece with a special focus on the grave public health concern of childhood obesity.
The insurance firms who bought data on every NHS patient – and used it to push up premiums
A major UK insurance society claims it was able to access records of 47million patients over 13 years to help it decide premiums for customers.
Dementia patients ‘helped by intensive programs of exercise’
A more intensive exercise program specifically designed for people in hospital with dementia has been shown to add benefits over normal rehabilitation, say researchers set to publish their findings in a February 2014 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Better wound healing with bioengineered growth factors
A group at EPFL has vastly improved the efficiency of growth factors in wound healing and bone formation.
RCN issues warning over nurse training in capital
The Royal College of Nursing has called for an urgent review of the commissioning of training places for nurses in London as part of wider efforts to improve care in the capital.
Daniel O’Donnell’s wife feeling ‘great’ after double mastectomy
Speaking from her hospital bed, just five days after the operation, Majella O’Donnell said she now needed to rest and heal.
Rare ‘polio-like’ disease reports
US doctors are warning of an emerging polio-like disease in California where up to 20 people have been infected.
Help dementia residents thrive with gentler nursing approach
A kinder, gentler approach to Alzheimers sufferers, as recommended by the Alzheimer Society of Canada, makes plenty of sense.