This article was taken from: https://apple.news/Af7LuKwEbSiuZVUW9mOGfwA By Noel Phillips – Victoria Derbyshire programme Thousands of vulnerable patients are missing out on NHS funding for home care that they are legally entitled to, it is being claimed. Some families say they have spent nearly all their life savings on filling the gaps. When 83-year-old Joyce Bryant…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/09/mri-scans-to-be-trialled-as-test-for-prostate-cancer By Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Simple scans ‘could revolutionise the way that we diagnose disease’, says professor Hundreds of men will be given MRI scans in a groundbreaking clinical trial that scientists say could transform screening for prostate cancer. The £5m trial, which begins in August, is pioneering a simple,…
This article was taken from: https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/carers-week-2019-unpaid-carers-suffering-loneliness-epidemic/ By Katie Grant at I News Britain One in three unpaid carers is always or often lonely, compared with one in 20 of the general population Unpaid carers are seven times more likely to be lonely than people who are not responsible for looking after a loved one living with…
This article was taken from: https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/06/workplaces-offer-lunchtime-spinning-yoga-classes-tackle-obesity-9833652/ By Natalie Morris at Metro News Employers should introduce lunchtime fitness classes to help deal with the growing obesity crisis – according to new guidance. Health officials have suggested that bosses should offer spinning and yoga in the middle of the working day to help keep their staff healthy….
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48542403 By BBC Health news One million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur every single day, the World Health Organization has estimated. That means more than 376 million new cases annually of four infections – chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, and syphilis. The WHO highlights a lack of progress in stopping the…