This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45212448 By BBC News Non-smoking adults have a higher risk of dying from serious lung disease if they grew up with parents who smoked, according to US research. The researchers said childhood passive smoking was “likely to add seven deaths to every 100,000 non-smoking adults dying annually”. The study of 70,900…
This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/learning-disability-nurse-training-bursary-nhs-cuts-tory-austerity-a8491681.html By Alex Matthews-King Health correspondent ‘Bleak image that is not what care should look like in the 21st century,’ says Royal College of Nursing The NHS is facing a return to the “Victorian era” when it comes to learning disability care because of a critical shortage of specialist nurses made worse by Tory cuts to student bursaries, experts…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45197374 By BBC Health News An opt-out organ donation register in England may not increase the number of organs because grieving relatives could be less sure what their loved ones had wanted, a study suggests. Under the opt-out system, planned to come in from 2020, consent is presumed unless family members…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/14/more-than-200-suicides-recorded-at-mental-health-units-over-seven-years By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Care Quality Commission figures show overall number falling but more women have begun taking their own lives than men More than 200 patients killed themselves in mental health units over seven years, new figures have revealed, prompting concern about the safety and quality of care. Data…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45188056 By James Gallagher A potential treatment for sudden liver failure could cut the need for transplants, say scientists at the University of Edinburgh. The liver has an incredible natural ability to repair itself, but this can be lost in some injuries including severe drug overdoses. The therapy is a cancer…