Ageing Category

Health issues relating to ageing populations and social care.

Gene therapy: glaucoma and dementia

Call of Duty, NHS, Surgery
Mosul to Manchester: war surgery training
Mosul to Manchester: The David Nott Foundation‘s war surgery training in practice: Dr Moez Zeiton is one of our surgical trainers. As a humanitarian surgeon, Moez has witnessed the realities …
Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Heart & Lung, Integrative, Lifestyle
Hyperbaric oxygen chamber therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a gentle and natural way to increase the level of oxygen in the body to stimulate cell growth and repair damage to cells and organs. Here …
Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Global Reach
ISC warns of at least five more …
COVID-19 likely to worsen inequalities for at least five years without renewed global cooperation, warns International Science Council (ISC). The Council’s new report maps out scenarios for the year 2027 …
Australasia, COVID-19 Update, Transgender
Transgender mental health in crisis
Transgender mental health in crisis, but support groups desperately underfunded: Australia’s transgender (trans) community is experiencing depression and thoughts of self-harm at levels never before seen, but many are not …
Fertility
Fertility Network responds to HFEA’s Covid report
Fertility Network responds to HFEA’s Covid report: The HFEA is the UK’s independent regulator overseeing the use of gametes and embryos in fertility treatment and research. In 2018, they launched …