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“Diabetes – The Essential Guide” by Sue Marshall helps raise awareness of the condition Diabetes – The Essential Guide was published on 1st November 2008, providing extensive knowledge for someone with diabetes, their parents, carers, friends or colleagues. The book reflects the phenomenal rise in the number of people who are being diagnosed with the condition. This guide can be used by the newly diagnosed, or someone who just wants to find out more about what a diagnosis of diabetes means. It includes medical information about the condition and the types of medication availa... ( Click for More Information ) Salford's social care is Excellent, says... Salford City Council must be feeling rather pleased with themselves today after news that they had, for the fourth year running, b... Phil Tufnell Speaks Out About Man’s... New Royal Pharmaceutical Society Research Reveals Macho Man's Attitude Could Be Shortening His Life Expectancy by Up to 5 Years N... Taskforce Rejects Donor Opt-out Plan Moving to a system of presumed consent is not the best way to increase the number of organs available for transplant, a government... AIDS Vaccine Nears Human Trials An experimental vaccine aimed at combating the HIV/AIDS virus has been developed by a researcher at the University of Western Onta... On World Diabetes Day, Preventative Care... For 246 million people around the world suffering from diabetes, earlier medical attention can prevent future amputations. Result... Binge Drinkers to be Offered Specialist... The Home Office is to provide an additional £1m for the roll-out of nine new alcohol referral projects. Home Office minister Alan ... Charity Calls for Action on Elderly... Healthcare providers and hospitals should receive a penalty if they leave older people to suffer, Help the Aged has said. That is ... Cancer Scan Uses Radar Technology The first breast screening system to use safe radio waves rather than radiation-producing X-rays is being successfully trialled. T... Salford Mental Health Trust Wins Top... Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMW), who serve Salford and surrounding areas are celebrating today a... Footballer who fractured skull now lies... Canadian Iain Hume is lying in a Salford hospital bed today, struggling to recover from an elbow to the head that fractured his sk... Johnson Unveils Plan to Combat Obesity Health secretary Alan Johnson has set out the government's plans to tackle rising levels of obesity, emphasising the importance of... Science Fact: Honda's new walking assistance It may seem like science fiction; a mechanical walking aid that can support the entire human bodyweight, bringing cybernetics into... Urgent Need for Social and Psychological... A global survey studying children with diabetes has identified a failure of current healthcare systems to give adequate social and... Once-Monthly Mircera® Keeps Haemoglobin Stable in... Roche announced that interim study results from 90 renal centres in Germany confirm for the first time that in a real-life setting... CRESTOR® Shows Dramatic Cardiovascular Risk Reduction,... AstraZeneca announced that new data from the JUPITER study demonstrated that CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin calcium) 20 mg significantly r... Database Seeks to Prevent Cardiac Deaths The Department of Health has launched a new database to help prevent suffering from heart attacks. The programme has been designed... Bluetooth Technology in Health Care The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) will be present at the Medica trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany on November 19-22, 2008... Salford University Discover Meningitis Link To... A team of research scientists at Salford University have discovered a link between airborne pollution, weather conditions, and the... Johnson Lifts Top-up Drug Ban Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced that NHS patients will be able to buy 'top-up' drugs privately without ending their ri... Patients Win Drug Funding Victory Patients with a rare but debilitating blood disorder have welcomed a Department of Health decision to fund their expensive treatme... Home Office Determined To Reclassify Cannabis Marijuana/Cannabis will be reclassified back up to a Class B drug, the Home Office said today, despite the fact that usage has act... Breast Cancer Campaign For Worsley MP Worsley MP, Barbara Keeley, is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign for its award-winning fundraising event, Wear it Pink, o... Cancer and Us by Kay Carsley We are a cancer support group based in the day centre at St Ann's Hospice Little Hulton. We run the group ourselves and the hospic... Think-tank Urges Support for UK's Mental... Mental "capital" needs supporting in much the same way as the coffers of banks hit by the credit crunch, it was claimed today. Act... Stafford's Tom Invents 'groundbreaking' Device to... A former plumber from Stafford has been shortlisted for a Lord Stafford Award for innovation after developing a groundbreaking dev... Survey: One in Five... An estimated one in five people will have a panic attack at some point in their lives and four in 100 have recurring attacks, acco... Greater Manchester West Gets Better In... Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to announce it’s ratings have improved once again followin... Invisible Hearing Instruments Launched by GN... GN ReSound, a global market leader and manufacturer of hearing instruments, announced the launch of ‘be’ by ReSound™ on October 15... Study Finds Sugar Binges Release Same... A study from Princeton University suggests binging on sugar can release the same chemicals in the brain – known as opioids – as dr... New Cannabis Laws Undermined Plans for tougher penalties for cannabis possession were unravelling within hours of being announced yesterday by the Home Secreta... Forest Bank Prison Signs On With... Trevor Shortt, director of Salford’s HMP Forest Bank prison, has officially signed on with the Greater Manchester West Mental Heal... UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors, The Wiggles, Donate... The Wiggles, a children’s music group from Australia, have produced a unique song for UNICEF to commemorate the first “Global Hand... Behavioral Changes, Not Drugs Best Way... Researchers say insomnia, a chronic sleep disorder, is best overcome by changing ones behavioral habits and not through medication... NHS Complaints Process Criticised People face too many obstacles when trying to complain about NHS or social care, according to a new report. The handling of compla... New Report Blasts Complaints Process; Salford... A new national report from the Audit Office says that people are weary of complaining about NHS services, as they believe nothing ... 'Millions More' Need Free Flu Jab... Millions of 'at-risk' people eligible for free flu jabs are failing to take advantage of them, the government's director of immuni... Warning Over Child Mental Health The children's commissioner for England has said there is "some way to go" to improve NHS care for mentally ill children. Professo... NHS Charges to be Dropped Patients with long-term illnesses such as cancer will not have to pay prescription charges, the prime minister has announced. Gord... New Website Launched to Provide Support... To coincide with World Alzheimers Day (today) 21 September, a new website has been launched www.alzheimers-support.com, to provide... Trial Shows Comparable Accuracy for Virtual... A virtual colonoscopy is comparable to a standard colonoscopy, which uses a long, flexible tube with a camera to view the lining o... Salford Wellbeing Day Announced On Saturday 20th September, the Energise Centre in Douglas Green, Charlestown is hosting a Health and Wellbeing Day from 11am – 3p... Xeloda® Shown to Be Superior to... Roche announced that the results of two phase III trials showed that stomach and oesophageal cancer patients treated with oral che... Charities Call for Elderly Care Reform The government has been challenged by a coalition of campaign groups to do more to help older people. Help the Aged, Carers UK and... Improvements Made in Mental Health Care The standard of care offered through mental health services continues to improve, the Healthcare Commission has found, but accessi... Levemir® Shows a 24-Hour Duration of... Novo Nordisk announced that its drug Levemir® demonstrated a 24-hour duration of action in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The o... New Data Confirms Benefits of Once-Daily... Novo Nordisk announced that data from a phase 3 study (LEAD™ 4) demonstrated that adding the investigational drug liraglutide, a h... Think-tank Backs NHS Health Insurance The NHS should introduce a form of health insurance in order to compete in the "global health race", a think-tank has said. A stud... Study Identifies Three Genes Related to... A new study has uncovered three new gene mutations that result in the most common form of brain cancer, glioblastoma (GBM). These... Revolution Health Calculators Calculators are a quick and easy way to assess your health or lookup health information. Simply enter a few values and hit calcula... Displaying Health Items 1 - 50 of 50

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