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• Link found between chronic inflammation and risk for Alzheimer's disease

  19-10-2018 18:07
  While it is widely shown that possessing the ApoE4 gene is the major genetic risk factor of Alzheimer's disease (AD), not all ApoE4 carriers develop AD. For the first time, researchers have shown that ApoE4 linked with chronic inflammation dramatically increases the risk for AD. This can be detected by sequential measurements of C-reactive protein, a common clinical test which can be could be done routinely in a clinical setting.
  
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• How do pelvic floor muscle exercises reduce overactive bladder symptoms?

  19-10-2018 18:07
  Overactive bladder (OAB) is a common form of urinary incontinence that is widely treated with pelvic floor muscle (PFM) training. A new laboratory study lends insights into how PFM training works: by reducing contractions of the detrusor muscle of the bladder.
  
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• Huddersfield grooming gang jailed for abusing vulnerable girls

  19-10-2018 17:28
  Reporting restrictions lifted on ‘vile and wicked’ case that led to contempt of court charge for EDL founder Tommy Robinson Twenty members of a “vile and wicked” grooming gang have been convicted of trafficking, drugging and raping vulnerable girls in a harrowing campaign of abuse across West Yorkshire.It can now be reported that the ringleader of the group, 35-year-old Amere Singh Dhaliwal, was jailed for life to serve a minimum of 18 years after being found guilty of 54
  
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• Northumberland home care service scores Outstanding with CQC

  19-10-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Care Quality Commission has rated the care being provided by Home Instead Senior Care South East Northumberland to be Outstanding, following an inspection across dates in July and August this year.The inspection was the first the service had received since being registered with CQC in July 2017. The service is based in Blyth, Northumberland, and provides personal care for people in their own homes. At the time of this inspection 13 people were receiving care.Home Instead Senior Care South Ea
  
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• Charity sees how grants help Army veterans

  19-10-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  ABF The Soldiers’ Charity has visited The Royal Star & Garter Homes in Surbiton to see how its grants help the Army veterans who live there.
  ABF The Soldiers’ Charity Chair of the Grants Committee Major General Malcolm Wood, Director of Grants and Welfare Colonel Barney Haugh, and Executive Officer Grants Catriona Spiller, were shown around by The Royal Star & Garter Homes’ Chairman Major General Tim Tyler, Chief Executive Andy Cole, and Director of Care & Service D
  
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• Hull care home hosts miniature funfair

  19-10-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hull care home residents enjoyed all the fun of the fair with their own show,  rivalling the city’s annual event.
   
  Cottingham’s Overton House, a Hica Group home, hosted the event last week for residents unable to attend the annual Hull event, due to health and accessibility restrictions.
   
  Staff from the specialist dementia home, organised a jam-packed day filled with classic games and fabulous food such as: hook a duck, a coconut shy, ring toss and of course candyfl
  
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