NHS OP – Not If You’re Fat Or Smoke!
Fat people have been banned from having NHS operations in a county unless they diet – and smokers are being spurned unless they quit. The blitz in Devon – described as temporary while hospitals there...
Focus on Disability Blog
Minister Demands Firms Take On Disabled Workers
Every British business should take on a disabled person for work experience in 2015, a Minister has demanded. The call from Minister for Disabled People Mark Harper is backed by a host of top firms...
50% Cancer Patients Surviving 10 Years
Good News!. – Half of all cancer patients will now live for at least a decade after being diagnosed, a study has revealed. The chances have increased dramatically since 1970s. More than 70% now live...
Dementia Risk From Diabetes
Diabetes in middle age can dramatically increase the risk of developing dementia, scientists have warned. They say the disease causes the mind to age five years faster. Research shows that middle-aged diabetes sufferrers are at...
Scandal of how Britain treats elderly
Sarah O’Grady writing in the Daily Express regarding how Britain is failing its elderly with some of the worst pensioner health care in the developed world. The UK comes a shameful 27th in a global ...
Coffee fights Alzheimer’s
Mark Reynolds writing in the Daily Express has reported that research suggests coffee can significantly cut the risk of suffering dementia. Three to five cups a day could reduce the chances of developing the disease...
Demanding Jobs = Quick Wits
Workers with demanding jobs dealing with people or complex data are more likely to stay mentally sharp, scientists claim. Better memories and thinking ability belong to those in close contact with others such as social...