Health Bill to abolish NHS England 0 comments
Health Bill begins major NHS shake-up as Government moves to abolish NHS England The Government has introduced a new Health Bill which would abolish NHS England and transfer its responsibilities [...]
Who will be your digital carer? 1 comment
Who will be your digital carer? As government departments, banks, utility companies and the NHS increasingly move services online, a new role is emerging in households and communities across the [...]
Peppermint oil to lower blood pressure 0 comments
Daily peppermint oil shown to reduce raised blood pressure I was intrigued to read about some new research which shows that daily doses of peppermint oil lower blood pressures for [...]
New NHS treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy 0 comments
New NHS treatment approved for Duchenne muscular dystrophy after NICE agreement Hundreds of children and young people in England living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are set to gain access [...]
Tackling Access to Work backlog 1 comment
Government announces investment to tackle Access to Work backlog The Government has announced a major recruitment drive aimed at reducing waiting times in the Access to Work scheme, following longstanding [...]
Subtitle quality mixed 0 comments
Stagetext calls for quality in subtitles To coincide with Deaf Awareness Week, the deaf-led theatre access charity, Stagetext, has released new research that demonstrates that quality is crucial when it [...]
Longitude Prize on ALS 0 comments
Update: Longitude Prize on ALS – Discovery Award winners announced The Longitude Prize on ALS is awarding £2 million to 20 of the world’s most promising multidisciplinary teams of innovators [...]
AI chatbots “confident but wrong” 1 comment
AI chatbots unreliable for health information, study finds Popular AI chatbots may provide inaccurate, incomplete or potentially unsafe answers to health-related questions, according to a new study published in BMJ [...]
Gut microbes and Parkinson’s 0 comments
Gut microbes may offer early warning of Parkinson’s risk New research suggests that changes in the gut microbiome could help identify people at risk of developing Parkinson’s disease years before [...]