Islanders Join Osteoporosis Study
Two thousand people from across Orkney have agreed to take part in a major study into osteoporosis. The bone thinning condition affects about three million people across Britain.
Read MoreTwo thousand people from across Orkney have agreed to take part in a major study into osteoporosis. The bone thinning condition affects about three million people across Britain.
Read More{mosimage}Hundreds of social care workers in Glasgow are taking strike action in a dispute over pay. The action by almost 600 staff was called when talks between Glasgow City Council
Read MorePolice and social workers have visited young people whose names appeared on a list alongside suicide victims. The unusual step was taken in the Armagh area amid concerns for their welfare and following the deaths by suicide of three teenagers from the area.
Read MoreThe completion of the Children’s Hospital for Wales was thrown into jeopardy last night as an NHS organisation pulled the plug on its support.
Read MoreNearly half the extra 40,000 homes the government wants built each year will be social housing, the housing minister, Yvette Cooper, is expected to say today. The government is increasing
Read MoreAge-based drinking guidelines should be introduced to protect consumers’ health, says an expert. Recommended maximum intakes should factor in age as well as gender, according to Mary Gilhooly, professor of gerontology at Brunel University.
Read MoreA pioneering new housing scheme has put Hull in the forefront of a new approach in the provision of housing and support for homeless people who have had drugs and mental health problems and are now trying to permanently kick their addiction.
Read MoreMore than 100 protesters took to the streets in a demonstration against a new hospital for adults with learning disabilities and mental health problems. Villagers in Breaston fear that patients at Middlestead House could be dangerous.
Read MoreA University of Nottingham researcher has been awarded more than £440,000 by the Parkinson’s Disease Society (PDS) to investigate the causes of the condition.
Read MoreThe government is launching a campaign to highlight the forthcoming rise in the legal minimum age at which tobacco can be bought in England and Wales. A website is going live, and this will be accompanied by a mass mailing to 100,000 retailers and online advertising aimed at teenagers.
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