SNP help for Carers in Scotland
The SNP has set out a range of measures aimed at helping Scotland’s unpaid carers, including continuing to fund 10,000 weeks of respite provision over the next five years.
Anti-stroke drug ‘available later this year’
Anti-stroke drug ‘available later this year’
A new blood-thinning pill capable of preventing thousands of strokes a year could be available to up to a million patients later this year, cardiologists hope.
They are describing Pradaxa as the “holy grail” of blood-thinning drugs and the first major pharmacological breakthrough for people at an increased risk of having a stroke in 50 years.
Up to 1.2 million people in Britain live with a condition called atrial fibrillation (AF) – having a quick and irregular heartbeat – which puts them at an increased risk of stroke. The heart condition accounts for 14 per cent of the 150,000 strokes that happen annually, or more than 20,000 a year.
Waitrose and Ladbrooks save the day for young Carers
Harrow young carers will go to festival after donations from Ladbrokes and Waitrose
7:50am Tuesday 5th April 2011
SEVEN young people who give their childhood’s to care for relatives will go to a summer festival after £1,400 in donations.
Charity Harrow Carers could not afford to send the youngsters it supports to the Young Carers Festival, in Southampton, in June, until Ladbrokes stumped up £1,000 for the trip.
