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Older people cared for at home 'lacking basic rights'
Care of older people in their homes is so poor their human rights are being overlooked, an inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found. The inquiry is investigating how well over-65s who receive homecare visits are looked after in England.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13813460
Vaccine hope for prostate cancer sufferers
A new approach to developing cancer vaccines has been used to treat prostate tumours, an international team of scientists has said. DNA from healthy cells was used to create a vaccine which cured 80% of mice, Nature Medicine reports.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13807205
Drugs treatment policy for England 'doomed to failure'
Government policies for treating drug addicts in England are flawed and "doomed to failure", a think tank says. The Centre for Policy Studies says rehabilitation is a better use of the ?3.6bn now spent on treating users with drug substitutes like methadone and keeping them on benefits each year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13826759
'I never thought ill son had diabetes'
By Amanda Williams ? WHEN Jane Phimester's 13-month-old toddler Edward Newby became very ill and started wetting the bed every night, she never imagined it would be diabetes. But her son is now almost two years old and faces daily injections to keep ...
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxford/9091770.___I_never_thought_ill_son_had_diabetes___/
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Parents asked to look out for diabetes symptoms
By Laura Kitching ? PARENTS are being urged by a Dorset County hospital specialist to be aware of the symptoms of diabetes in young children. As part of National Diabetes Week that ends on Saturday, paediatric diabetes specialist Dr William Ward and ...
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/9092074.Parents_asked_to_look_out_for_diabetes_symptoms/
Care of older people in their homes is so poor their human rights are being overlooked, an inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found. The inquiry is investigating how well over-65s who receive homecare visits are looked after in England.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13813460
Vaccine hope for prostate cancer sufferers
A new approach to developing cancer vaccines has been used to treat prostate tumours, an international team of scientists has said. DNA from healthy cells was used to create a vaccine which cured 80% of mice, Nature Medicine reports.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13807205
Drugs treatment policy for England 'doomed to failure'
Government policies for treating drug addicts in England are flawed and "doomed to failure", a think tank says. The Centre for Policy Studies says rehabilitation is a better use of the ?3.6bn now spent on treating users with drug substitutes like methadone and keeping them on benefits each year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13826759
'I never thought ill son had diabetes'
By Amanda Williams ? WHEN Jane Phimester's 13-month-old toddler Edward Newby became very ill and started wetting the bed every night, she never imagined it would be diabetes. But her son is now almost two years old and faces daily injections to keep ...
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxford/9091770.___I_never_thought_ill_son_had_diabetes___/
See all stories on this topic ?
Parents asked to look out for diabetes symptoms
By Laura Kitching ? PARENTS are being urged by a Dorset County hospital specialist to be aware of the symptoms of diabetes in young children. As part of National Diabetes Week that ends on Saturday, paediatric diabetes specialist Dr William Ward and ...
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/9092074.Parents_asked_to_look_out_for_diabetes_symptoms/
