Heart & Lung Category

Marfan syndrome often missed

Mental Health, Neurology
Do you have a clown phobia?
Clown phobia? Or just scared of people with red noses? People have always had mixed feelings towards the clown or jester character that tumbles around the circus and features in …
Infection/Disease, Video
What is Rabies?
Have you ever wondered what makes rabies so newsworthy? What makes rabies a serious infection? How does it affect our bodies? What countermeasures need to be taken if you suspect …
Lifestyle, Mental Health, Uncategorised, Video
Why people are afraid of clowns
Dr. Dena Rabinowitz, a psychologist in New York who specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders and phobias, speaks to Tech Insider to find out why some people are so …
Heart & Lung, Junior Doctors, Muscular & Skeletal, NHS
Marfan syndrome often missed
Over 18,000 people are affected by Marfan syndrome in the UK but only around half of those actually know they have the connective tissue disorder which can affect the heart, …
Junior Doctors, NHS, Nursing, Palliative
Long waits in A&E this winter
Quarterly performance figures from NHS England show that long waits in A&E departments are rising sharply. in January to March of 2012, just 15 patients waited for over 12 overs …