Palliative Category

End-of-life care and nursing for people with chronic diseases.

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Cancer
Researchers identify new pathways to target breast …
Researchers identify new pathways to target breast cancer: A pathway helping the breast cancer protein BRCA1 repair damaged DNA has been identified by University of Queensland researchers in a study …
Ageing, Integrative, Muscular & Skeletal
New study finds dairy foods reduce fractures …
Researchers have found the addition of dairy foods into the daily diet of aged-care residents can reduce fractures and falls, in a study published today in the British Medical Journal. The …
Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Exercise, Integrative, Muscular & Skeletal
The Top 10 Workout Injuries of the …
The Top 10 Workout Injuries of the Pandemic: New research from Bupa Health Clinics shows how the pandemic has changed our relationship with exercise. With gyms closed for so long, …
Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, NHS
Treasury should look for new ways to …
Treasury should look for new ways to deliver more for less: In the aftermath of Covid, the government must control public spending and draw on private sector investment and innovation …
Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Mental Health, NHS, Nursing
How to tackle the nursing crisis
How to tackle the nursing crisis: For many people the social restrictions experienced during lockdowns will have had long-lasting consequences, increasing feelings of loneliness, stress and depression. But throughout the …