Category Archives: health

Men should be aware of how much time they spend working on a laptop

WiFi from laptops ‘may damage sperm’

The use of wifi has rocketed in recent years

“Working on a laptop wirelessly may hamper a man’s chances of fatherhood,” the Daily Mail has today reported. Its story is based on a laboratory study that found that healthy sperm placed under a laptop connected to the wireless internet for four hours, showed less movement and more changes to their genetic code than ‘control’ sperm not near a wi-fi connected laptop.

Where has the money gone that was meant to go to Carers?

Spending on carers falls despite extra funding

 

7:00am Monday 28th November 2011

 

NEW research has found that spending on NHS support for unpaid carers has fallen – despite millions of pounds of extra funding being allocated for the purpose.

A year after the government allocated £400 million to primary care trusts for England’s five million carers, a study by the Princess Royal Trust and Crossroads Care looked into how it was being invested.

More staff needed on older persons wards at weekends

Hospital patients ‘more likely to die at weekends’

 

By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News

 Weekend care could be improved by better staffing and access to services, such as diagnostics

Being admitted to hospital in England at the weekend is risky, experts say.