Author Archives: Maureen
Promoting opportunities for young people with MS
Promoting opportunities for young people with MS
Norwich and District MS Society
A guide for newly diagnosed people with MS
Nice rejects Lucentis for diabetes-related sight loss
Nice rejects Lucentis for diabetes-related sight loss
Thousands of people with diabetes will “needlessly lose their sight” due to a decision to withhold a drug on cost grounds, a charity has warned.
By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent
6:30AM BST 15 Jul 2011
Lucentis can cost as little as £1,500 per patient with diabetic macular oedema (DMO), or as much as £10,000, depending on the severity of the condition.
It had been shown to produce “rapid and sustained” improvements in vision among those treated, while currently approved laser treatments tend only to prevent further degeneration.
Norfolk newspaper stalwarts on stage for show in aid of EDP We Care appeal
This sounds like fun
Keith Skipper to join Norfolk newspaper stalwarts on stage for show in aid of EDP We Care appeal
By STAFF REPORTER
Friday, July 8, 2011
4.00 PM
Seasoned newsgatherers on the local beat – including two from North Norfolk – are ready to reveal a few tricks of their trade to raise laughs and boost funds for the EDP We Care Appeal.
A special show has been devised to prove how these gentlemen of the press, well versed in serious matters, can fill seats as well as columns.
