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Algal Gel to Prevent HIV Infection

... Roger Pebody, a treatment specialist at the HIV charity the Terrence Higgins Trust said: 'Millions of women are exposed to HIV and cannot ask their partners or husbands to use condoms.' 'Microbicides will give many more women the power to protect themselves.' 'Many products are already being tested in...

Social Care for Elders to Be Limited

...e with substantial needs. Says Age Concern’s (a charity for elders) director general Gordon Lishman "This is a damning indictment of a social care system that is failing older people.Not providing services for people with so-called moderate needs causes much anguish for the individual - but can also resul...

Scots Demand Best Quality Treatment For COPD As Christmas Gift

...monary Disease (COPD) patients in Scotland. The charity suggests that clinical standards be set, to ensure...s maintained for the care of COPD patients. The charity members plan to gather outside the Scottish Parliament with their assertive postcards before Christm...

Does the Home Medicine Chest Warrant the Emergency Contraceptive Pill?

A reputed sexual healthcare charity seems to suggest that the home medicine chest, whi...ere people are often partying to celebrate. The charity has offered such an advice simply because the morning-after-pill or the emergency contraceptive pill...

Cancer Patients End Up Homeless

...ancer patients from reaching crisis point." The charity has decided to help all cancer patients by giving them access to advice on specialist benefits and financial help. It has also launched a new "Hitting Home" campaign that help patients to check their insurance policies, and get advice on claiming ...

Britain Scientists Support the Use of Primates in Research

...the Dr Hadwen Trust, a non-animal medical research charity in Britain, described the report as short-sighted, uninspired and misguided. "The report seriously underplays the importance of non-animal research methods," said Dr Gill Langley, the charity's science director. SI...

Brain Scan may Help Doctors Predict Schizophrenia

...," said Jo Loughran, a member of the schizophrenia charity Rethink. Symptoms usually develop in men in their late teens or early 20s and in women in their 20s and 30s. In rare cases the symptoms, which include hallucinations, delusions, disordered thinking, movement disorders, social withdrawal and cogniti...

A Boon to Neonates-“National Cot Locator” Developed by UK Hospitas

...The Chief Executive of the premature and sick baby charity Bliss, Andy Cole says,” Bliss welcomes this important strategic development." "We hope to see the cot locator have a significant impact across England on the crucial issues of available cots and transfers for babies in need of intensive care,” she ad...

Childhood Obesity Could Damage the Feet Structure

...fects every part of the body," Ian Campbell of the charity Weight Concern said. Foot problems limiting the ability of obese children to exercise put them in a "catch 22 situation" because they need to be more active, he said. "This reinforces the need for prevention rather than cure, and for early interven...

New Website For People With Mental Problems

...and really empower service users.' Mental health charity Mind appreciated the effort.'We welcome the document and the website and hope to see mental health patients using the new found power they have received to ensure they get the maximum patient care that they should expect from those who help them. '...

Charity swindler jailed over cash fraud

A Manchester breast cancer charity went bankrupt after it was apparent that less than...ign, with which freeman was not involved said that charity for breast cancer had been hampered by his actions. Mrs Stirrat said: "I think all breast cancer cha...

Sexual assault cases in mixed-sex psychiatric wards on the high

...ampaigner Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the charity Sane, said, "These revised figures are likely to b...d." However, Paul Farmer, chief executive of the charity Mind, said, "Government skepticism is part of the problem."Patients have to believe it is worth maki...

Funds for mental patient safety pledged by government

... many be resolved suitably. Numerous mental health charity organizations have welcomed this move heartily saying this would assure mental patients that they are being taken seriously. In addition to the extra safety measures, patients are to be provided with more support if they want to report an incident ...

Breast Cancer may no longer be a killer disease

... organized in London by the Breast Cancer Campaign charity yesterday suggested that breast cancer may no longer be a killer disease. //Instead it may become a long-term manageable disorder like diabetes and arthritis. The survival rate among breast cancer patients has increased due to the significant devel...

Herbal Twist: Plausible Cure for Diabetes 'Crops' Up

...arge multi-centre studies,' Ms Huseini said. The charity Diabetes UK has warned, though there are some materials which may lower blood glucose levels in people suffering type 2 diabetes, yet it is not a cure and should not be in lieu of the conventional medication. Quoting the advice of Diabetes Spokespers...

Gene Variant associated with Schizophrenia identified

...orie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity Sane, said: "There have been so many hopes of finding a gene for schizophrenia which have ended in a cul-de-sac. "If this latest research were to prove a breakthrough and lead to understanding what causes schizophrenia, we could at last find more e...

Cold Weather deaths on the rise

...ep pace with rising costs of energy." Said another charity Help age. "The NHS is helping people, particularly the most vulnerable, to stay healthy during winter. Last year more than 71% of people over 65 received a free flu jab - the highest ever takeup. This year we are ... making flu jabs available to ev...

Green Signal given to Full-Face Transplants

...rejection drugs, another ￡5,000. The Face Trust, a charity was launched yesterday to raise the necessary money.Each operation will last almost 12 hours and with six surgeons working with the donor and the recipient. Prof Butler said that if an operation fails, research conducted by them has shown that the p...

Breast Cancer Diagnosis for Topp twin

...on with the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation's charity fashion event In the Pink, made her conscious of getting suspicious breast lumps checked immediately and her prompt action may have saved her life. According to her cancer is a challenge, the way of coping is to take one step at a time while keeping...

Threat of Cervical Cancer Unknown to Most Women

... test. Pamela Morton, director of cervical cancer charity Jo’s Trust, urged policy makers, the Department of Health, the HSE and GPs to push for a vaccination programme. She said, “This is a unique opportunity for a cancer to be prevented in future generations and one that should not be delayed.” <B...

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