Tag Archives: health
Money can grow on trees!
Charity is amazing Catalyst for change
2:15pm Thursday 26th May 2011
MONEY doesn’t grow on trees, but a Colchester charity has proved it can go a long way if spent and invested wisely.
More than 20 years after the sale of the old Oaks Hospital, in Lexden Road, hundreds of people are still benefiting from the money, thanks to the Colchester Catalyst Charity.
Winter flu death toll topped 600
Winter flu death toll topped 600
By Nick Triggle Health Correspondent, BBC News
The Flu Season
Last winter’s flu outbreak claimed 602 lives in the UK, with more than 70% of the deaths among 15- to 64-year-olds, Health Protection Agency figures show.
Flu normally hits older people, but last winter it acted differently as the main strain was swine flu, which the elderly have some resistance to.
The HPA figures also show just 50% of under-65s in at-risk groups in England and Wales were immunised against flu.
Officials said the vaccination uptake figures were “very concerning”.
NICE Updates Guidance On The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Lung Cancer
NICE Updates Guidance On The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Lung Cancer
Main Category: Lung Cancer
Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology
Article Date: 27 Apr 2011 – 5:00 PDT
NICE has today published an update to its clinical guideline on diagnosing and treating lung cancer. The new recommendations replace those previously published in 2005.
NICE clinical guidelines are updated regularly so that recommendations take into account any important new information that has come to light since publication of the original recommendations. Since NICE published guidance on this condition in February 2005, new evidence has emerged about how to diagnose and treat lung cancer and therefore the guideline has been updated.
