Landmark moment in the treatment of Alzheimer’s as new drug that could stop disease in its tracks is set to be unveiled
A drug to stop Alzheimers disease could be unveiled this week.
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The online organ trade selling kidneys for £75,000 on FACEBOOK
An investigation found a fixer in Sri Lanka who would organise a transplant package with a matching donor in days for £75,000.
Cultural awareness improves dementia care for South Asian minorities
Different cultures have different perceptions of mental illnesses including dementia. In fact, in the UK, people from the south Asian community are more likely to approach their GPs for physical than mental health symptoms.
The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been accused of breaching patient confidentiality by tweeting a photo from a hospital visit
Mr Hunt went online to defend his plans to impose new seven-day working contracts after NHS staff flooded Twitter with selfies of themselves in hospitals with the hashtag £ImInWorkJeremy.
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Jeremy Hunt pledges NHS infused with ‘patient power’
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has promised an NHS motivated by “patient power” with “more transparency in return for fewer targets”.
Dementia sufferer, 99, ‘dropped in scalding hot bath by care worker’
Margaret Wheatley suffered extensive injuries to her legs and feet when she was allegedly dropped into the hot water – which was between 46 and 50 degrees Celsius – for up to five minutes in May last year, Preston Crown Court heard.
Diabetes amputations hit record 135 a week
The number of amputations carried out due to diabetes has reached an all-time high of 135 a week, a charity has warned, as it urged the Government to do more to ensure those with the condition are given the care and attention they need.
Up to 35,000 wrongly prescribed antipsychotics: Doctors found to be regularly handing out drugs to vulnerable people who should not be taking them
In a letter to doctors and patients, senior NHS England officials admitted that drugs were being used as a chemical restraint to control behaviour, in place of more appropriate treatments.
Leeds dementia sufferer died hours after attack by husband
Trevor Milner, 58, was arrested for murder and spent over two years on bail over the death over his partner Hilary after he admitted to police he had punched her in the legs and stomach after he lost his temper with her.