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Fit doctors more likely to have healthy patients
Doctors are being encouraged to get active‚ and to prescribe exercise to their patients on a script. The Times reports that this call has...
NHS England to expand provision of 'game changing' stroke treatment
Thousands of stroke patients will be saved from lifelong disability after NHS England decided to invest millions of pounds in a new treatment hailed as...
Eastern Cape government misses frail care patients deadline
The Eastern Cape Department of Social Development has missed a court-ordered deadline to file affidavits on its plan to move patients from the Lorraine and...
SA breast care centre gets international accreditation
The Netcare Milpark Breast Care Centre of Excellence has been granted a three-year, full accreditation by the National Accreditation Programme for Breast Centres (NAPBC),...
Better stroke outcomes when clot is physically removed
Long-term follow-up of patients in a 2014 study confirms that stroke patients recover better if doctors physically remove a clot from a blocked artery...
Real-world massage may effectively treat chronic low back pain
In the first study of its kind, researchers in the US found real-world massage therapy to be an effective treatment for chronic low back...
Electrical stimulation and physical therapy help paralysed man move legs
Mayo Clinic researchers used electrical stimulation on the spinal cord and intense physical therapy to help a man intentionally move his paralysed legs, stand...
Insufficient sleep could be unrecognised risk factor for bone loss
Insufficient sleep, a common problem that has been linked to chronic disease risk, might also be an unrecognised risk factor for bone loss. Results...
Hep B and C viruses linked to Parkinson's disease risk
The viruses hepatitis B and C may both be associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, according to an Oxford University and University College...
Weight loss programmes decreasing absenteeism at work
Individuals with obesity who enrolled in a structured weight loss programme report fewer hours missed from work after six months in the programme, according...