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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Growing Sense of Wellbeing Into the Seventh Decade of Life (BBC News / MRC)
Summary A long-running Medical Research Council cohort study survey, which has followed the health and wellbeing of 1,700 people since their birth, indicates that feelings of wellbeing of those in their 60s actually increased as they approached the age of … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Active and Healthy Ageing, Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Ageing Well, All Our Future (1968) on Wasted Talent, Chronic Diseases, Epidemiology, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Wellbeing, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Measuring Health and Wellbeing, Medical Research Council (MRC), Medical Research Council (UK), MRC Epidemiology Unit, MRC National Survey for Health and Development (NSHD), MRC NSHD, MRC NSHD: Member of Dementias Platform UK, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing (LHA) at University College London, MRC: Medical Research Council, Personal Well-Being, Rising Wellbeing During People's 60s, Seventh Decade of Life (Life Satisfaction), Social Epidemiology, The Life Project (Book on MRC NHSD), University College London: MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing (LHA), Warwick and Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS), Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), Well-Being, Well-Being Indicators, Well-Being Surveys, Wellbeing In Seventh Decade of Life
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Shingles Questions and Answers for Healthcare Professionals (PHE)
Summary Shingles, caused by herpes varicella zoster, can result in debilitating long-term post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN). A herpes zoster vaccination programme for adults aged over 70 years has been in place since September 2013, aimed at reducing the incidence and severity … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
Tagged Ageing Population, Chickenpox Virus, Green Book: Chapter 28a, Herpes Varicella Zoster, Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Immunisation Programme, Immunisation Against Shingles, Immunosuppressed Individuals, Introduction of Shingles Vaccine for People Aged 70 and 79 Years, jcvi, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), Latent Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) (Chickenpox) Infection, PHE: Public Health England, Post-Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN), Public Health England (PHE), Shingles, Shingles Epidemiology, Shingles Questions and Answers for Healthcare Professionals (PHE), Shingles Vaccination Programme, Shingles Vaccine Programme, Vaccination, Vaccination Against Shingles: 2015/16 FAQ, Vaccination Programmes, Zostavax®
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Murky Evidence? Murkier Politics (BBC News)
Summary Trust no-one. Believe nothing. Use your own judgement. Back to renaissance values? Full Text Link Reference Bloch, S. (2016). Hunt ‘misrepresented’ data on 7-day NHS. London: BBC Health News, February 24th 2016.
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing Population, BBC Health News, BMA Shambolic Mishandling and Calculated Misinformation (Political Rebound to Earlier Hunt Allegations), British Medical Journal (BMJ), Care in General Hospitals, Culture Change in the NHS, Day-of-the-Week Effect, Deborah Williams: NHS England's Seven Day Services Forum Project Manager, Elevated Weekend Hospital Mortality, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Hospital Treatment, FOI: Freedom of information, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Heidi Alexander: Former Labour Shadow Health Secretary, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Jeremy Corbyn (Labour Party Leader), Junior Doctors: Contract Dispute of 2016, Junior Doctors’ Morale Wellbeing and Quality of Life, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Directorate: NHS England, Misinformation, Misinformation: Conflation and Skewed Interpretations Behind Junior Doctors' Dispute, Monday to Friday Culture, Mortality, Mortality Associated With After Hours and Weekend Admissions, Mortality at the Weekend, Mortality by Day of the Week, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, Mythology of the Times, NHS England’s Seven Days a Week Forum, NHS Services: Seven Days a Week Forum, NHS Seven Days a Week Forum, Orchestrated Intransigence, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Improvement, Potted Weekend Effect Synopsis (Department of Health), Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Quality of Care at Weekend, Reform, Resistance to Change, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Seven Day Services Forum, Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day Working, Stuff Their Mouths With Gold (History of How Aneurin Bevan Placated the BMA), System Re-Design, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, UK Statistics Authority, Unspoken Political Context: Weaponising the NHS (Speculative Construct), Variations in Quality of Care, Weekend Effect, Weekend Hospitalisation and Additional Risk of Death, Weekend Mortality for Emergency Admissions, Weekend Working
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Alzheimer’s Disease Contractable Via Brain Surgery? (NHS Choices / Swiss Medical Weekly)
Summary Further evidence points to a theoretical risk of Alzheimer’s Disease being potentially transmissible during surgical procedures, in the manner of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Full Text Link Reference New clues that Alzheimer’s may have been spread during surgery. London: NHS … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Abnormal Prion Protein, Aβ Deposition in Grey Matter, Aβ in Blood Vessel Walls, Aβ Seeds, Aβ Seeds: Transmitted Iatrogenically with iCJD, Aβ-Containing Inoculates Induce Cerebral β-Amyloidosis, Alzheimer-Type Neuropathology in Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease After Dural Grafting, Alzheimer’s Disease Contracted Via Brain Surgery, Alzheimer’s Disease Transmission (Hypothesis), Amyloid, Amyloid Beta Protein, Amyloid Proteins, Amyloid-β (Aβ), Amyloid-β Protein, Austria, Behind the Headlines, Brain Parenchymal Aβ Plaques, Cleaning and Decontamination, Congophilic Amyloid Angiopathy, Contaminated Surgical Instruments, Decontamination of Surgical Instruments, Dural Grafting, Human Transmission of Aβ, Human Transmission of Amyloid-β Pathology, Human-Derived Growth Hormones, Iatrogenic CJD, Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease After Dural Grafting, Iatrogenic Routes of Prion Transmission Generalisable to Aβ (Hypothesis), Iatrogenic Routes of Prion Transmission Generalisable to Proteopathic Seeds of Neurodegenerative Disease (Hypothesis), Induction of Cerebral β-Amyloidosis: Intracerebral Versus Systemic Aβ Inoculation, Institute of Neurology: Medical University Vienna, Institute of Neuropathology: University Hospital Zurich, Medical University Vienna, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neuroepidemiology, Prion Diseases, Protein Seeds (Amyloid), Protein Seeds of Alzheimer’s Disease (Hypothesis), Proteopathic Seeds of Neurodegenerative Disease, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Alzheimer Disease, Risk of Prion-Like Disease Transmission by Alzheimer- or Parkinson-Associated Protein Particles, Surgical Transmission of Prions, Swiss Medical Weekly, Switzerland, Transmissible Alzheimer's Disease (Theoretical Risk), Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Agents: General Principles of Decontamination and Waste Disposal, University Hospital Zurich
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