What does the budget really mean for you?
by Anna Birley from UNISON’s policy unit While goings on in Westminster can feel a long way from normal day-to-day life, the decisions made at the budget by the chancellor have a huge impact on everybody’s work, household finances and the public services we all rely on. This week’s budget was no different, so let’s break down what the budget means for you and the services you rely on, along with some helpful myth-busting on the way. What’s happening with my taxes? The biggest headline, which was trailed days before the formal announcement, was the 2p cut in National Insurance. At first glance, this se...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - March 7, 2024 Category: Food Science Authors: Martin Cullen Tags: Article News budget General election 2024 national insurance Tax Source Type: news

‘I feel like myself again’: UCLA clinical trial offers hope for lymphoma patients
In June 2018, actor Hirotaka Matsunaga was supposed to be two weeks away from opening night of “The Swords of Sorrow: BURAI II,” a play set in 1800s Japan. The 39-year-old had been cast as the lead. It was the big break he had been working toward since he moved to the U.S. from Japan more than 20 years ago to pursue his dreams.But his cancer diagnosis and an unsuccessful course of chemotherapy had shut down the play.“Around November 2017, I had acute pain in my stomach for weeks, and it got so bad that it became difficult to eat,” Matsunaga said.After a particularly agonizing dinner, he checked himself into a hosp...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 5, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Doctor reveals four easy at-home exercises to banish back pain
Carrying out these exercises can help you "manage pain and speed up your recovery". (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Yoga Can Effectively Treat Chronic Low Back Pain
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 -- Tele-yoga asana might have a positive impact on pain intensity in women with chronic low back pain (LBP), according to a study published online Feb. 21 in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research. Nicola Marotta, M.D.,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 28, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Long COVID Doesn ’ t Always Look Like You Think It Does
In the spring of 2023, after her third case of COVID-19, Jennifer Robertson started to feel strange. Her heart raced all day long and she could barely sleep at night. She had dizzy spells. She felt pins and needles in her arm, she says, a “buzzing feeling” in her foot, and pain in her legs and lymph nodes. She broke out in a rash. She smelled “phantom” cigarette smoke, even when none was in the air. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Robertson, 48, had a feeling COVID-19 might have somehow been the trigger. She knew about Long COVID, the name for chronic symptoms following an infection...
Source: TIME: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Why trendy standing desks are a waste of time: Top expert claims our spines 'won't be damaged by a bit of sitting down'
Dr Chris McCarthy, a spinal physiotherapist and researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University says there's no evidence that people who slouch are more likely to suffer from back or neck pain. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Physiotherapist reveals three exercises for lower back pain
Do you suffer with lower back pain? You wouldn't be alone. Chronic and short-term pain in this area can affect anyone and is the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. In the U.S. alone, 72.3 million people live with chronic lower back pain, recent…#harrispolls #kieransheridan #gulfphysio #sittingforalongtime #finland #pelvic #inhale #downward (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A deadly viral illness is exploding in West Africa. Researchers are scrambling to figure out why
Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Irrua, Nigeria, and Kenema, Sierra Leone— Sitting on a bench outside the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) in Edo state in southwestern Nigeria in September 2023, Muhammed Luqman Dagana recounted his ordeal earlier in the year with Lassa fever, a deadly hemorrhagic disease of West Africa. At first the 33-year-old wasn’t alarmed—his fever, headache, body aches, and cough were innocuous enough. A doctor at his local clinic gave him antibiotics for typhoid fever and antimalarial drugs. But his symptoms persisted, so he tried anoth...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Ancient faces brought back to life at Scottish museum – video
A Bronze Age woman who suffered lower back pain 4,000 years ago and an Iron Age Pictish man who lived a life of hard labour 1,500 years ago are among our ancient ancestors who have been brought to life in dramatic facial reconstructions. Cutting-edge technology will enable visitors to Scotland ’s newPerth Museum to come face to face with four individuals from our past in modern-day Perthshire.Ancient faces brought back to life at Scottish museumContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 17, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: Archaeology Museums Scotland Source Type: news

Ancient faces brought back to life at Scottish museum
Dramatic reconstructions of local people who lived up to 4,000 years ago will go on display thanks to advanced DNA techniquesA Bronze Age woman who suffered lower back pain 4,000 years ago and an Iron Age Pictish man who lived a life of hard labour 1,500 years ago are among our ancient ancestors who have been brought to life in dramatic facial reconstructions.Cutting-edge technology will enable visitors to Scotland ’s newPerth Museum to come face to face with four individuals from our past in modern-day Perthshire.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 17, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Dalya Alberge Tags: Archaeology Museums Scotland Culture Science UK news Source Type: news

Low inflation doesn ’t relieve pain of high prices
Inflation has continued to cool at the start of 2024, albeit in fits and starts. The headline consumer price index for January rose 3.1% year over year. That’s the second-lowest annual rate since inflation shot up to nearly 9% back in June 2022. Consumers now anticipate less inflation going…#universityofmichigan #portland #oregon #avian #ulrikemalmendier #joannehsu #universityofchicagos #ayeletfishbach #ucberkeley (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Celebrating the gift of life: Cousins raise awareness for organ donation on National Donor Day
Lisa Brown, 53, of Jacksonville, suffered from severe pelvis and back pain for years. She later learned that her bladder wasn't working due to follicular cystitis, a rare and non-specific inflammatory disease of the bladder, and inflammatory pseudotumor of the bladder. In 2017, her bladder was removed using robotic-assisted surgery and replaced with a "neobladder" that was attached to her ureters, which are the tubes that carry urine produced by the kidneys. Unfortunately, ongoing challenges… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 14, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

I finally got my life back after years of chronic pain... but it wasn't thanks to a miracle pill
Hazel Borland was a shadow of her former self after developing pain that plagued her for decades. But her life has now been transformed - not by a miracle pill but by cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

More Pregnant People Are Relying on Early Prenatal Testing As States Toughen Abortion Laws
WASHINGTON — In Utah, more of Dr. Cara Heuser’s maternal-fetal medicine patients are requesting early ultrasounds, hoping to detect serious problems in time to choose whether to continue the pregnancy or have an abortion. In North Carolina, more obstetrics patients of Dr. Clayton Alfonso and his colleagues are relying on early genetic screenings that don’t provide a firm diagnosis. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The reason? New state abortion restrictions mean the clock is ticking. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, many health care providers say an increasing number of patient...
Source: TIME: Health - February 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: LAURA UNGAR and AMANDA SEITZ Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news

Use of red flags to screen for vertebral fractures in people with low back pain
Monday, February 12, 2024 (Source: Cochrane News and Events)
Source: Cochrane News and Events - February 12, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Paolo Rosati Source Type: news