Category Archives: Carers

Courageous woman struck down by cancer tells how a Hollywood blockbuster movie has inspired her

Blockbuster Hollywood movie inspires Norfolk woman to realise her dreams

by John Owens

Saturday, September 3, 2011
1:54 PM

 

A courageous woman struck down by cancer has movingly told how a Hollywood blockbuster movie has inspired her to draw up a list of things she wants to do and achieve. 

Rachel Lane, 26, who has battled the illness for the last three years, decided to write down her dreams after watching The Bucket List.

In the film, characters played by Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman are both suffering from serious illnesses and draw up a list of the things they had always wanted to do.

CANCER sufferers will be prescribed a spray containing cannabis as a new form of pain relief treatment

Cannabis to be used in hospital treatment

by Paul Byrne, Daily Mirror 3/09/2011  

 

CANCER sufferers will be prescribed a spray containing cannabis as a new form of pain relief treatment.

Experts say the medication – derived from marijuana plants – works by numbing the muscles.

It will be given to terminally-ill hospital patients as part of a ground-breaking trial.

But Sativex does not get users high. Research nurse Sam Jole said: “Patients using the spray do not experience the euphoria associated with illegal recreational use of cannabis.

“It has passed strict tests for quality, safety and efficacy and doctors already prescribe it to other patients.”

Dementia cafe opening in Bakewell, Derbyshire, for carers and family

Support group at cafe

 

Published on Saturday 3 September 2011 10:30

A new monthly Dementia Café in Bakewell will offer support and information for people with dementia, their carers, family and friends.