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England’s health improved slightly during the second year of Covid, official stats suggested today. Yet it still fell below levels seen before the pandemic struck. Well-being, mental health and life satisfaction all deteriorated in the early days of Covid, with dozens of studies blaming the effects of lockdown restrictions. The...
A specialist care group ‘has more work to do’ if people are to receive the best standards of care, inspectors have found. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out a leadership inspection into the Active Care Group (ACG) between February 8 and March 23 this year. The independent group, based...
Babies born by caesarean section develop better, and may even be protected against Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), if they are swabbed with birth canal fluid from their mothers, a study suggests. Infants born by C-section tend to have very different gut bacteria composition to naturally born babies, because they...
The Cambridge Independent launched its Shining Stars campaign last week, aiming to raise £10,000 for Ormiston Families’ Stars children’s bereavement support service. The service provides specialist support and counselling to children in Cambridgeshire who are struggling to cope with the loss of a loved one. Counsellor Paula Thexton, Charlotte Burnett...
The announcement of the world’s first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, 45 years ago, made headlines around the world. But the IVF pioneers Patrick Steptoe, Robert Edwards and Jean Purdy also met with disbelief from some colleagues over the remarkable birth and criticism for not sharing their secrets within a scientific...
Strike action this week will significantly disrupt almost all routine care in the region’s NHS, the east of England’s top doctor has warned today. Junior doctors in England are set to walk out for 72 hours from 7am today (Wednesday, June 14) in the ongoing dispute over pay. Junior doctors...
Local firefighter, Gabby Heycock, recently benefitted from a free NHS Health Check and is now urging other men in Oxfordshire over 40 to get theirs this Men’s Health Week (12 – 18 June). Health Checks Oxfordshire is now providing free NHS Health Checks on behalf of Oxfordshire County Council at...
Shoppers have spoken out after the closure of a town pharmacy. LloydsPharmacy in Sainsbury’s, Ashford, is one of 14 kiosks in Kent to shut today, after bosses decided to withdraw from all 237 supermarkets across the country. The Ashford outlet, in Simone Weil Avenue, had already shut up shop this...
As she emerged from the deep fog of a general anaesthetic, three words repeatedly flashed through Jennifer Sutton’s mind. ‘I have survived’. In fact, as her head started to clear following an eight-hour heart transplant operation, the former park ranger, now 38, remembers feeling so elated she even attempted what...
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Doug Leonard, DO, of Find Your Health LLC has joined Healing Arts on Savannah, 1500 Savannah Road, Lewes. Leonard brings extensive training in osteopathic craniosacral treatment to the Cape Region. He is now accepting new patients. Kathy Madden, LCSW, Healing Arts on Savannah owner/director, said, “We are so fortunate to...
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