Image copyright Science Photo Library Scans carried out when someone is first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis can predict their long-term prognosis, research has shown. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are already a key part of the diagnosis and management of MS. But a 15-year study of people with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), who can go […]
Image copyright KIRSTY HARVEY Image caption Kirsty had panic attacks while she was pregnant with her daughter Molly About one in four new parents in England is not seeing a health visitor when their baby turns one, increasing the risk of mental health problems going unnoticed, the NSPCC says. The government has promised five home […]
Image copyright BSIP/Getty Images Image caption The outbreak of Group A streptococcal infection began in Braintree An independent investigation is to be launched into a deadly outbreak of an infection which has claimed 13 lives. Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has called in a team to probe the spread of the invasive Group A […]
Image copyright Science Photo Library Scans carried out when someone is first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis can predict their long-term prognosis, research has shown. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are already a key part of the diagnosis and management of MS. But a 15-year study of people with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), who can go […]
Image caption Mr Whipps said Parkinson’s patients often underplay their symptons to doctors but the watch would provide objective data A smartwatch-style device that tracks patient’s movements has been hailed as “the future of Parkinson’s care.” The personal Kinetigraph (PKG) monitors tremors and other symptoms, potentially enabling doctors to spot problems remotely. Patients with the […]
Image copyright BSIP/Getty Images Image caption The outbreak of Group A streptococcal infection began in Braintree An independent investigation is to be launched into a deadly outbreak of an infection which has claimed 13 lives. Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has called in a team to probe the spread of the invasive Group A […]
Image caption Mr Whipps said Parkinson’s patients often underplay their symptons to doctors but the watch would provide objective data A smartwatch-style device that tracks patient’s movements has been hailed as “the future of Parkinson’s care.” The personal Kinetigraph (PKG) monitors tremors and other symptoms, potentially enabling doctors to spot problems remotely. Patients with the […]
Image copyright BSIP/Getty Images Image caption The outbreak of Group A streptococcal (iGAS) infection began in Braintree A 13th patient has died from an outbreak of the invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) bacterium in Essex. Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said two cases found in the West Essex CCG area had been linked to […]
Media captionCheaper by the half dozen? Two sets of triplets have been born within 24 hours in the Ulster Hospital at Dundonald in County Down. On Tuesday, Brendan and Kirsty McMenamin from Downpatrick in County Down had Zoey, a baby girl, and two boys called Cameron and Brody. On Wednesday, Claire and Johnny Stewart from […]
Image copyright Cumbria Police Image caption Zholia Alemi faked her medical degree when she came to the UK in the 1990s A bogus psychiatrist prescribed medication to 164 patients at one mental health trust, the BBC has found. Zholia Alemi, jailed in 2018 for fraud, worked around the UK and for the Norfolk and Suffolk […]
