Tag Archives: carers
‘Late’ asthma research unearths potential new treatment
13 August 2011 Last updated at 04:12
More than 5 million people in the UK suffer from asthma.
A team from Imperial College London found that blocking sensory nerve functions stopped a “late asthmatic response” in mice and rats.
Around half of people with asthma experience delayed symptoms.
The charity Asthma UK says the research could help the understanding of asthma.
King’s Lynn schoolboy’s dolphin dream
King’s Lynn schoolboy’s dolphin dream
by Donna Semmens Saturday, August 13, 2011
12.15 PM
Therapy techniques help Izaak gain confidence
A young disabled boy had the trip of a lifetime when he travelled to the Caribbean and had the chance to swim with dolphins.
Izaak Cheney-Beales forged a special bond with Ziggy, one of a number of dolphins used at a centre in Grand Cayman by the Rapid Development Therapy Centre which specialises in creating therapy programmes for children with a range of disabilities.
A amazing young woman with Down’s Syndrome has been singled out as a role model
Inspirational” Brogan highlighted as a role model in government report
Saturday, August 13, 2011
12:00 PM
A young woman with Down’s Syndrome who works in Norwich has been singled out as a role model in a report to the government intended to encourage people with disabilities into employment.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elhCbuaVWIk&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Every Sunday Brogan Johnston, 22, from Fakenham is buzzing with excitement in anticipation of starting a new working week.
She works 30 hours a week as a post room porter and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and her positive attitude led to her being invited to Whitehall, London to record a short video which is now on the website YouTube.
