by team | Jul 30, 2018 | Health News
There’s good reason why patients often leave empty handed when they see their GP hoping for a prescription for antibiotics; used irresponsibly antibiotics are contributing to the growth of resistant infections, which are showing no signs of abating. It has never been... 
by team | Jul 30, 2018 | Health News
Could the medication you are taking for high blood pressure also help to prevent cognitive decline? A piece of research carried out by teams in Ireland and Canada, which was published in BMJ Open, has found that centrally acting ACE inhibitors (CACE-Is), which are... 
by team | Jul 30, 2018 | Health News
A new study suggests that with respect to health outcomes, the UK has not kept pace with some other countries. Information was collected in 1990 and again in 2010 to compare life expectancy, the leading cause of death and risk factors for disease and disability in the... 
by team | Jul 30, 2018 | Health News
While a bar of chocolate might be considered as a guilty pleasure by many of us, perhaps we don’t need to feel quite so bad about our weakness for this sweet treat. Research published recently in the journal Neurology indicated that men who consume a moderate amount... 
by team | Jul 30, 2018 | Health News
A report by the National Obesity Forum has highlighted that more than half of the British population are likely to be obese by the year 2050. Obesity rates are rising quickly among both adults and children, and people are gaining more weight in their senior years.... 
by team | Jul 30, 2018 | Health News
Change is often challenged, especially when it comes to the public sector, but change in anything as big as NHS Hinchingbrooke Hospital was something most figured would prove to be the end of the hospital as they knew it; after all Hinchingbrooke was already so far in...