UK’s longest serving nurse retires after 66 years of caring for NHS patients

UK’s longest serving nurse retires after 66 years of caring for NHS patients

This article was taken from: http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/25/uks-longest-serving-nurse-retires-66-years-caring-nhs-patients-7341202/ By Nicole Morley Metro News  The UK’s longest serving nurse who started when the NHS was just four has retired – after an astonishing 66 years saving lives. Monica Bulman, 84, a Registered General Nurse (RGN), worked on Hutchings ward at Torbay Hospital, Torquay, Devon as part of the specialist outpatient…

Testing tears could lead to cheap and effective Parkinson’s disease screening

Testing tears could lead to cheap and effective Parkinson’s disease screening

This article was taken from: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/parkinsons-disease-tears-test-screening-crying-protein-neurology-a8223491.html By Alex Matthews-King Health Correspondent Parkinson’s patients’ tears had more than five times the level of abnormal molecule which forms nerve damaging clumps A few shed tears could open up a cheap way to screen patients for Parkinson’s disease, allowing earlier diagnosis and, potentially, treatment that can delay the disease. Researchers analysing the…

Mini tumours grown in lab are breakthrough for medicine tests

Mini tumours grown in lab are breakthrough for medicine tests

This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/mini-tumours-grown-in-lab-are-breakthrough-for-medicine-tests-11262358 By Thomas Moore, Science Correspondent The tests could tell doctors which treatment would be most effective, and avoid putting patients through unnecessary suffering. Scientists have successfully grown mini versions of patients’ tumours in a lab – and then tested them against dozens of drugs to find the best possible treatment. The…

NHS England has one in 11 posts unfilled

NHS England has one in 11 posts unfilled

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/21/nhs-england-has-one-in-11-posts-unfilled By Haroon Siddique Shortage of almost 100,000 staff is affecting performance, says NHS Improvement One in 11 posts in NHS England are currently unfilled, equivalent to almost 100,000 vacancies, official figures show. The number of vacancies was published for the first time in NHS Improvement’s quarterly performance report for the three months ending 31 December….

Chronic heavy drinking leads to serious risk of dementia, study warns

Chronic heavy drinking leads to serious risk of dementia, study warns

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/20/chronic-heavy-drinking-leads-to-serious-risk-of-dementia-study-warns By Sarah BoseleyHealth editor Questions also raised for moderate drinkers of alcohol about their social habit Heavy drinkers are putting themselves at risk of dementia, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted. Research published in the Lancet Public Health journal provides powerful evidence that people who drink enough to…