Back pain is normal and very common. In fact 80% of the population have it at some point in their lifetime. And it is responsible for 40% of all lost work days. When should I be worried and see a doctor or physiotherapist? When you have red flag symptoms including those listed below. In […]
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_____________________________________________ Welcome to this week’s myHSN Week in Health – a round-up of the biggest health news this week, and what it means for you _____________________________________________ Implant to prevent Sleep Apnoea NHS strikes continue – what it means for you Breakthrough therapy for blood cancer New strategy to cut down hospital ‘no-shows’ Final call for […]
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___________________________________________ Work harder to justify a pay rise? My exhausted brain can’t make the sums add up. Perhaps I should have studied maths a bit longer at school, so says A&E consultant and myHSN director, Dr Jenny Waters. It seems like an over-simplification to suggest that the NHS is broken because the staff aren’t working […]
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Can you catch COVID from your cat or dog? No. Well. Whilst we cannot say it is impossible to catch the coronavirus (COVID-19) from a cat or dog, research suggests this is extremely unlikely. There are currently no reported cases of people catching the coronavirus from animals. But. When talking about a virus, the words […]
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___________________________________________ Welcome to this week’s myHSN Week in Health – a round-up of the biggest health news this week, and what it means for you _____________________________________________ Millions more in the UK should take statins Ambulances reach 999 calls in 90 minutes Junior doctors to strike Artificial pancreas for type 1 diabetics Record numbers waiting for cancer care _____________________________________________ Millions […]
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_____________________________________________ Welcome to the myHSN research round-up, where we have selected some of our favourite groundbreaking papers from the previous year. Read on to find out what has happened, why it’s happened, and most importantly, how it will affect you. _____________________________________________ Do COVID vaccines cause miscarriage? Can Vitamin D help prevent diabetes? Can Ketamine help […]
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___________________________________________ Prime minister, Rishi Sunak, laid out yesterday his five plans for the UK. For us, the health service, he pledges: “NHS waiting lists will fall and people will get the care they need more quickly.” This announcement conveniently comes on the same day a man was forced to carry his grandfather, who was in […]
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Here are five of the most interesting new research papers published over the Christmas and New Year period: 1. Spontaneous baby movements have a purpose Seemingly random movements in newborns are important for the development of coordinated sensorimotor system. Detailed motion capture of newborns and infants was combined with a musculoskeletal computer model, enabling researchers […]
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What? A group of French scientists set out to investigate the use of artificial sweeteners in our food and drink and in turn, their effect on the heart. Sweeteners are popular with patients who suffer from diabetes, or dieters, who utilise them as a sugar substitute. This can be to reduce sugar intake to prevent […]
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Rounding up some of the most interesting recent health research to kick start the festive period! 1. Discovery could explain why women are more likely to get Alzheimer’s Scientists at Scripps Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found a clue to the molecular cause of Alzheimer’s which may also explain why […]
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