From depression to dementia, inflammation is medicine’s new frontier
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From depression to dementia, inflammation is medicine’s new frontier

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/19/inflammation-depression-mind-body By Edward Bullmore The barrier between mind and body appears to be crumbling. Clinical practice and public perception need to catch up Unlikely as it may seem, #inflammation has become a hashtag. It seems to be everywhere suddenly, up to all sorts of tricks. Rather than simply being on…

Can Thailand provide better dementia care than the UK?
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Can Thailand provide better dementia care than the UK?

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/14/can-thailand-provide-better-dementia-care-than-the-uk By Guardia UK letters Readers respond to news that British families are sending elderly relatives with dementia overseas to Thailand in a small but growing trend In your report (Families sending relatives with dementia to Thailand for care, 13 January), the statement that “local authority residential care costs up…

Ketamine-like drug for depression gets UK licence
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Ketamine-like drug for depression gets UK licence

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/dec/19/ketamine-like-drug-depression-uk-licence-esketamine By: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Psychiatrists divided on ‘game-changing’ esketamine due to potential for addiction A radical ketamine-like drug has been licensed for use in the UK for severe depression, a decision that offers hope to the millions of patients for whom conventional treatments have failed. Esketamine, taken as a…

Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new global study
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Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new global study

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/18/depression-and-suicide-linked-to-air-pollution-in-new-global-study By Damian Carrington Environment editor Cutting toxic air might prevent millions of people getting depression, research suggests People living with air pollution have higher rates of depression and suicide, a systematic review of global data has found. Cutting air pollution around the world to the EU’s legal limit could prevent…

Next NHS staff shortages will include radiographers, as courses close
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Next NHS staff shortages will include radiographers, as courses close

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: Next NHS staff shortages will include radiographers, as courses close By Anna Fazackerley Podiatry, prosthetics and mental health nursing degrees also on universities’ ‘at risk’ list after end of bursaries Radiography and nursing degree courses may be at risk of closure, academics are warning – at a time when the NHS is…