Dementia fail
Hospitals are failing to correctly screen the over-75s for dementia – with less than half of those eligible being tested in some areas, according to new figures. One in five NHS hospitals in Eng ...
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Harvest Festivals and Michaelmas
In Britain, thanks have been given for successful harvests since pagan times. Harvest festival is traditionally held on the Sunday near or of the Harvest Moon. This is the full Moon that occurs closes ...
International Longevity Centre-UK investigates cancer’s cost to the UK economy
Rethinking Cancer, a new report by the International Longevity Centre- UK (ILC-UK) quantifies the cost of cancer to the UK economy, its families and its communities. The independent report, supported ...
Sickening theft
A family claim that a 94 year-old widow’s wedding ring was stolen from her finger as she lay in hospital recovering from a stroke. Marguerite Sanderson had worn the gold band constantly since th ...