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And that was the Carer’s weather forecast
Over now to the Carers Weather Centre for the latest forecast.
Good morning.
As you can see from the weather chart behind me, the outlook is not good. Signs of spring have been delayed as a deep low sweeps across the country driven Northwards by gales of hot air from Parliament in the South.
The Carers weather Centre has issued a warning of an imminent severe depression as the air movement increases around Budget Day.
Outbreaks of tears will occur in East Anglia and across the whole of the Midlands during the day and these are expected to spread throughout the country overnight and into tomorrow.
These outbreaks may be severe in places and will be followed by clouds blocking out any light that could be seen at the end of the tunnel.
A band of worry will move in from the North East and cover the whole of the United Kingdom over the next few days.
Patches of laughter may arise in some areas but these will be shortlived so make the most of them while you can.
Tempers will remain at the seasonal average as an anticyclone of frustration moves in from the West bringing with it some alarm and despondency.
Night time tempers may cool a little but relationships with patients may get frosty during the early hours.
A plague of frogs, locusts, destruction and savage thunder with lightning will take place on Tuesday but the rest of the day will be bright with sunny intervals.
Author………A Carer
Social care ‘facing funding gap of over £1bn’
Social care ‘facing funding gap of over £1bn’
Social care is facing a funding gap of more than £1bn by 2014 in England – a situation which would have consequences for the NHS, a leading think-tank says.
The King’s Fund analysis predicted councils would struggle to protect home help and care home places as they come to terms with funding cuts.
UK scientists make important blood clot discovery
Thousands of lives could be saved every year, scientists believe, following a breakthrough in the understanding of heart disease.
By Martin Beckford, Health Correspondent 12:01AM GMT 17 Mar 2011
Researchers have discovered that a protein known to regulate cholesterol is also linked to the formation of the type of blood clot known as thrombosis that can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
They believe that by developing drugs that can control the important protein, called LXR, they will be able to prevent thrombosis and also control cholesterol levels.
It could help the fight against heart and circulatory diseases, which kill 191,000 people a year in Britain – accounting for one in three deaths in the country.
Professor Jon Gibbins, Director of Reading University’s Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, who led the research, said: “While blood clotting is essential to prevent bleeding, inappropriate clotting within the circulation, known as thrombosis, is the trigger for heart attacks and strokes – which kill more people in the UK each year than any other disease.
“This ground-breaking study paves the way for new and more effective medicines to prevent thrombosis.”
The new paper, published in the journal Blood, details how scientists discovered the “double life” of the protein LXR in cardiovascular disease.
