All car parking charges dropped across every NHS hospitals in Wales
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All car parking charges dropped across every NHS hospitals in Wales

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nhs-hospital-car-parking-charge-wales-free-glangwili-prince-philip-a8518011.html By Saman Javed Hospitals in Northern Ireland, Scotland and England still charge for car parking Parking at all NHS hospitals across Wales is now free, a decade after the policy was first announced by the Welsh government. Glangwili and Prince Philip hospitals were the last to have the charges and will now be free to park at…

Numbers of elderly in 24-hour care set to double by 2035
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Numbers of elderly in 24-hour care set to double by 2035

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45354846 By Laurel IvesBBC Health The number of people aged 85 and over needing 24-hour care is set to double, says a new study, as an expert warns the care system is “at breaking point”. The study, published in the Lancet Public Health journal, analysed the projected health needs of the elderly…

NHS-funded homeopathic treatment to end in Bristol
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NHS-funded homeopathic treatment to end in Bristol

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45028622 By BBC Health News The last place in England to offer publicly-funded homeopathy is to stop providing the practice on the NHS. Bristol’s clinical commissioning group (CCG) has decided to end NHS-funded homeopathic treatment except in exceptional circumstances. Homeopathy is based on the idea “like cures like”, but many scientists…

Women’s Alzheimer’s test needed as superior verbal skills mask onset of the disease
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Women’s Alzheimer’s test needed as superior verbal skills mask onset of the disease

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/23/womens-alzheimers-test-needed-superior-verbal-skills-masks-onset/ By Henry Bodkin An Alzheimer’s test specifically for women should be developed after a new study found superior female verbal skills disguise the onset of the disease, scientists have said. Research in the US revealed doctors are less likely to diagnose Alzheimer’s in women than in men. The imbalance means…

Opioids: Why ‘dangerous’ drugs are still being used to treat pain
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Opioids: Why ‘dangerous’ drugs are still being used to treat pain

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44797545 By Dr Katherine Sleeman & Prof Sir John Strang King’s College London The widespread use of opioids to treat pain frequently prompts concerns about addiction and even deaths. So, why are these sometimes dangerous drugs still being given to patients? Much stronger than many of the other options, opioids are among the…