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Category Archives: NHS Choices
Systematic Review of Treatments to Prevent Cognitive Decline (CMAJ: Journal of the Canadian Medical Association)
Summary This systematic review examined the best 32 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) investigating treatments for cognitive decline, including drug treatments, hormone therapies, nutritional supplements, physical activity and cognitive exercises. The authors looked comprehensively at pharmacological treatments and non-pharmacological treatments in healthy … Continue reading
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Choices, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews
Tagged Behind the Headlines, Brain Training, Canada, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, Cognitive Activity and Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline Studies, Cognitive Exercises, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, Cognitive Training, Cognitive Training Exercises, DHEA (Synthetic Version of Hormone Produced by Adrenal Glands), Divisions of Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine: University of Toronto, Estrogens, Exercise, Exercise for Cognitive Impairment, Exercise Regimens, Fatty Acids, Fish Oil, Fish-Oil Supplements, Ginkgo Biloba Extract, Hormonal Therapies, Hormone Therapy (HT), Journal de l'Association Medicale Canadienne, MCI, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Moderate Exercise, NMDA (N-Methyl-D-Aspartate), Nutritional Supplements, Oestrogens, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Omega-3 PUFA Supplementation (Dietary), Oral Nutritional Supplements, Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS), Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA), Prevention, Prophylaxis, PUFA: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Sudoku, Testosterone, University of Toronto, Vitamin Pills
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Structure of Neurodegenerative Disease Molecule Mapped (NHS Choices / Nature / Mancunian Matters)
Summary Researchers from the University of Manchester, the University of Leicester and institutions in Portugal, France and Germany have performed early-stage research into the structure of an enzyme (Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase, or KMO) which has been implicated in the development of … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Studies, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Choices, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Behind the Headlines, Cell and Molecular Neuroscience Unit, Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain: University Medical Center Göttingen, Department of Genetics: University of Leicester, Department of Neurodegeneration and Restorative Research; Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain: University Medical Center Göttingen, Drosophila melanogaster, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa: Portugal, France, Germany, Huntington’s Disease, Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique: Université d’Orléans, Instituto de Fisiologia; Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa: Portugal, Instituto de Medicina Molecular; Lisboa: Portugal, Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase (KMO), Manchester Institute of Biotechnology: University of Manchester, Mancunian Matters, Nature, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Parkinson’s Disease, Portugal, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Université d’Orléans, University Medical Center Göttingen, University of Leicester, University of Manchester, UPF 648
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Chief Medical Officer’s First Annual Report: Volume 2 (BBC News / Department of Health / NHS Choices)
Summary Volume Two of the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies’s first annual epidemiology and surveillance report offers a comprehensive overview of the threat of antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases. Volume One appeared late last year. Full Text Link … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS Choices, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer: Volume Two - 2013. State of the Public's Health, Antibiotic Stewardship, Antibiotics, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Carbapenum Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer’s First Annual Report (Public Health), Chief Medical Officer’s First Annual Report: Volume 2, Communicable Diseases, Demographic Change and Public Services, Epidemiology, Genomic Diagnostic Testing for Infections, HCAI, Health and Wellbeing, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Protection Agency, Healthcare, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs), Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Infectious Disease and Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Innovative Medicines Initiative, Life Course Approach, Morbidity, Mortality, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing: Cancers, National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies, Public Health, Public Health England, Public Health in England, Public Health Research: NIHR, Public Services, Risk Factors, Social Determinants of Health, Social Epidemiology, Surveillance, Surveillance Report: Public Health in England, UK Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy and Action Plan, Urinary Tract Infections (in Patients with Catheters), Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Wellbeing, Wellbeing: Communicable Diseases
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UK Health Performance: the Global Burden of Disease Study (NHS Choices / Lancet / BBC News)
Summary Health outcomes have improved over the past 30 years in the UK, but these improvements have been out-performed in other developed countries. When considering the top-ten causes of premature death in the UK during 2010, many of these (heart … Continue reading
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