Tag Archives: Health
Patients face specialist ops wait
24 January 2013 Last updated at 06:52 ET By Owain Clarke BBC Wales health correspondent Hospitals in England providing specialist care for Welsh patients have been told to delay some operations. BBC Wales can reveal that health managers have threatened not to pay English trusts if they treat patients too quickly
Right target, but missing the bulls-eye for Alzheimer’s
Jan. 23, 2013 Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of late-life dementia. The disorder is thought to be caused by a protein known as the amyloid-beta protein, or Abeta, which clumps together in the brain, forming plaques that are thought to destroy neurons.
Right target, but missing the bulls-eye for Alzheimer’s
Jan. 23, 2013 Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of late-life dementia. The disorder is thought to be caused by a protein known as the amyloid-beta protein, or Abeta, which clumps together in the brain, forming plaques that are thought to destroy neurons.
Right target, but missing the bulls-eye for Alzheimer’s
Jan. 23, 2013 Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of late-life dementia. The disorder is thought to be caused by a protein known as the amyloid-beta protein, or Abeta, which clumps together in the brain, forming plaques that are thought to destroy neurons.
Controlled crumpling of graphene forms artificial muscle
Jan. 23, 2013 Duke University engineers are layering atom-thick lattices of carbon with polymers to create unique materials with a broad range of applications, including artificial muscles.
Controlled crumpling of graphene forms artificial muscle
Jan. 23, 2013 Duke University engineers are layering atom-thick lattices of carbon with polymers to create unique materials with a broad range of applications, including artificial muscles
Monday mornings are A&E ‘rush hour’
23 January 2013 Last updated at 05:16 ET The busiest time in accident and emergency departments in England is Monday morning, hospital data shows. There are 4,000 cases every hour between 10am and noon on Monday – twice the average. Late morning was the busiest time of day throughout the week but Monday came out on top, figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre 1 show.
Poor kids ‘more likely to be obese’
23 January 2013 Last updated at 06:40 ET Children from poor backgrounds are more likely to be overweight, a minister has claimed, blaming “an abundance of bad food” for the situation. Anna Soubry said 50 years ago youngsters from deprived households were taunted for being “skinny runts”, but this state of affairs had reversed. “When I walk around, you can almost now tell somebody’s background by their weight,” she told the Daily Telegraph
Landmark abortion ruling turns 40
22 January 2013 Last updated at 15:39 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play
Emergency room redux for many patients after hospitalization
Jan. 22, 2013 After a hospitalization, patients face many challenges as they transition home. A new study of this vulnerable period published by Yale School of Medicine researchers in JAMA found that a substantial number of patients return to the emergency department soon after leaving the hospital, and, while such patients are not usually readmitted, the study raises concerns that many more patients require acute medical care after hospital discharge than previously recognized.
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