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• Using gene silencing to alleviate common ataxia

  20-06-2018 18:59
  In what researchers are calling a game changer for future ataxia treatments, a new study showed the ability to turn down the disease progression of the most common dominantly inherited ataxia, Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3), also known as Machado-Joseph disease.
  
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• Profit drives the UK child protection industry | Letters

  20-06-2018 18:50
  Social workers escorted by police take terrified children from their mothers every day, write Nina Lopez Jones, Anne Neale and Kim Sparrow, many going into the 80% of children’s homes and 40% of foster care that have been privatisedThere is widespread condemnation (Letters, 20 June) at Trump separating immigrant children from their families. But in the UK, away from the public gaze, social workers escorted by police take terrified children from their mothers every day. Louise Tickle urges
  
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• GMB joins forces with UK’s largest care provider to champion careers in care

  20-06-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  HC-One, the UK’s leading care home provider, and the GMB Union have today come together at the House of Commons to launch Careforce, a new initiative to champion careers in care.Devised by HC-One and GMB, Careforce has been prompted by a triple-whammy of increasing demand caused by an ageing population, low pay caused by inadequate funding arrangements and poor morale caused by relentlessly negative media coverage, which means operators are struggling to recruit and retain the people requi
  
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• A dual-therapy approach to boost motor recovery after a stroke

  20-06-2018 15:48
  Scientists have shown that combining a brain-computer interface (BCI) with functional electrical stimulation (FES) can help stroke victims recover greater use of their paralyzed arm -- even years after the stroke.
  
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• Atrial fibrillation: Weight loss reverses heart condition in obesity sufferers

  20-06-2018 15:47
  Australian research shows for the first time that obese people who are suffering from atrial fibrillation can reduce or reverse the effects of the condition by losing weight.
  
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• Sidmouth care home celebrates and ‘Outstanding’ inspection by CQC

  20-06-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hartford Care has announced that Malden House Care Home in Sidmouth, has received an overall ‘Outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – the first Outstanding rating for the Hartford Care family.
   
  Malden House, providing care to older people and those who live with dementia, was found to be Outstanding following an inspection in March 2018, based on its ability to deliver well led, responsive, caring and effective approaches to care, and was co
  
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• Canary Wharf home care service is rated Outstanding by CQC

  20-06-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Home Instead Senior Care Canary Wharf has been rated as Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
  The domiciliary care service in Tiller Road, Tower Hamlets, was rated Outstanding for being well-led and caring. It was rated Good for being safe, effective and responsive, following the inspection in March 2018.
  People using the service and their relatives spoke extremely positively about the support they received from the management team. Comments included: “It is fantastic really, truly w
  
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• Fifteen children removed from families in Tennant Creek, NT says

  20-06-2018 08:51
  As Malcolm Turnbull agrees to send two ministers to the town, Territory Families chief says more could have been done for victims of abuseThe Northern Territory government has removed 15 children from their families around the Tennant Creek region after the rape of a two-year-old girl in the town attracted national condemnation in February.Ken Davies, chief executive of Territory Families, conceded on Wednesday that his department should have done more for child’s family earlier, with a hi
  
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• Short stories help to ignite fond memories for Hull care home residents

  20-06-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Raleigh Court, a care home owned by Hull-based Hica Group, teamed up with Hull Libraries to mark Dementia Action Week and National Memory Day. 
  Dementia Action Week (May 21 – May 27) is a campaign ran by the Alzheimer’s Society, encouraging people to take actions – big or small to improve the lives of those living with dementia, while National Memory Day on May 24 was created to promote the importance of poetry and creative engagement for people living with memory loss.&nb
  
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• Turnbull ministers – but not PM – to visit Tennant Creek to discuss child protection

  20-06-2018 03:58
  The PM met with the town’s mayor and councillors after the NT News said he ‘simply does not care’Malcolm Turnbull will send two senior ministers to Tennant Creek next month, exploring the possibility of a multi-government regional deal to address long-running social and economic issues, the town’s mayor has said.Steve Edgington and several other Tennant Creek councillors – including a traditional owner of the Warumungu land, Ronald Plumber – met with the prime
  
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