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Nutrient therapies no help in averting depression in the overweight
Supplements and nutrition therapy failed to cut MDD risk in overweight people with early depressive symptoms Related items fromOnMedica Diet shown to reduce stroke may also lower depression risk Caffeine in pregnancy linked to risk of child overweight Men with eating disorders struggle to get help Type 2 diabetes in 10 times more young people than realised UK falls behind other nations in preventing avoidable death
Source: OnMedica Latest News - March 5, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Shoulder replacement surgery carries higher risk
Additional surgery need especially high in younger men Related items fromOnMedica Heart attack risk rises after hip replacement Obesity associated with worse mortality and higher CVD risk No safety evidence to back 8% of hip implants Endarterectomy cuts long-term stroke risk Heart disease and stroke deaths plummet in Scotland
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 21, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Know your heart health risk stats as well as your PIN number, public urged
Alliance of 40 health bodies set to ramp up efforts to cut cardiovascular disease and dementia rates in England Related items fromOnMedica Women less likely than men to achieve CHD targets NHS Health Check waste of time and money, says study First national joint awareness campaign on lung and heart disease launched Telling GPs which patients haven ’t had CRC screening improves uptake Diabetes, stroke and heart attack cut life expectancy
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 15, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Regional stroke plans given the green light
Controversial plans to create three hyperacute stroke units in Kent and Medway have been approved, but could still face a judicial review.
Source: HSJ - February 14, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Pharmacists call for more medicines reviews
The regular reviews will cut problematic polypharmacy and save money Related items fromOnMedica Stroke survivors need more help taking medicine GPs defend practice on prescribing statins Multidisciplinary prescribing can help reduce errors Guidance issued on prescribing responsibilities Call for NHS England to ‘think again’ on limiting treatment
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 4, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Transforming cities: the potential of everyday cycling
This report estimates that 34,000 incidences of eight conditions, including type 2 diabetes, stroke, breast cancer and depression, would be prevented in seven major cities between 2017 and 2040, if cycling increased at rates like those seen since the millennium in London.
Source: NHS Networks - January 30, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Heart disease and stroke deaths plummet in Scotland
Survival from stroke and heart attack is improving – but deprivation-related inequalities remain Related items fromOnMedica Type 2 diabetes in 10 times more young people than realised Diabetes will soon cost NHS £16.9bn More Scottish GPs needed to fight heart disease Scotland reveals plans to cut impact of type 2 diabetes Stroke rates rocket in younger men and women
Source: OnMedica Latest News - January 30, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Pilot surgery service to close treatment gap
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust could become one of the first hospitals to offer thrombectomies for stroke patients outside a neuroscience centre as part of a six-month pilot.
Source: HSJ - January 29, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: Rich teaching hospitals, reconfiguring acute stroke services and wrestling with WRES
Your essential update on health for the week.
Source: HSJ - January 25, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Exclusive: 46 stroke units could close under new NHS England plans
A planned major reorganisation of stroke services could see the number of acute units in England cut by more than a third, with patients going to more specialised centres, HSJ understands.
Source: HSJ - January 24, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Stroke units could close under new NHS England plans
A planned major reorganisation of stroke services could see the number of acute units in England cut by more than a third, with patients going to more specialised centres, HSJ understands.
Source: HSJ - January 24, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trust takes action after slump in stroke performance
A hospital trust has increased its number of stroke beds after only 40 per cent of patients were admitted to a specialist unit within four hours.
Source: HSJ - January 7, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Clinicians cause variation in radiation doses from CT scans
Experts call for more consistency in radiation doses Related items fromOnMedica Radiation exposure may increase risk of stroke and heart disease Breast cancers overdiagnosed Rise in medical radiation incidents Breast screening increases chance of mastectomy Benefits of breast screening are overestimated, research suggests
Source: OnMedica Latest News - January 3, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Plans to relocate stroke services could face judicial review
Controversial plans to halve the number of hospitals admitting stroke patients in Kent and Medway could face judicial review after mounting concerns from councillors about the proposals.
Source: HSJ - December 17, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Preventable illness a factor in slowing life expectancy
Preventable illnesses, such as heart disease and stroke, are partly responsible for slowing improvements in life expectancy in England, according to a review by Public Health England (PHE).
Source: NHS Networks - December 13, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
