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• Stroke experts offer guidelines for treatment during pandemic

  30-04-2020 21:02
  Stroke researchers have released a new report recommending the proper protocol for delivering lifesaving treatment to stroke patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Five already dead by time UK reported first coronavirus death

  30-04-2020 19:24
  
  Official data shows first fatality happened three days before government announcementCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAt least five other people had died from the coronavirus in the UK by the time the government reported the first death from the outbreak, new data has revealed.The figures show that the lethal impact of the outbreak had already been recorded when Boris Johnson joked about shaking hands with hospital staff in the first Downing Street coronavirus br
  
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• Potential treatment for chronic pain

  30-04-2020 17:30
  Researchers have developed a new way to treat chronic pain which has been tested in mice. With a compound designed and developed by the researchers themselves, they can achieve complete pain relief.
  
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• 'I feel completely lost': families tell of Covid-19 care home deaths

  30-04-2020 16:00
  
  Fearing for, and losing, loved ones in locked-down homes has left relatives with anger and confusionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBeing a relative of a care home resident today means guilt, frustration and fear. With close to 2,400 residents a week dying from the virus and predictions of a death toll higher than in hospitals, the anguish of not being able to hold loved ones is compounded by struggles to find out what is happening inside locked-down homes and c
  
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• UK carers who lost jobs after raising safety fears consider legal action

  30-04-2020 15:23
  
  Charity warns whistleblowers are being sacked from care homes during Covid-19 crisis Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFive carers who lost their jobs in the past fortnight after raising concerns about understaffing and personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages at homes are considering taking legal action, according to a charity that is warning more whistleblowers face being sacked before the end of the Covid-19 crisis.As the care industry struggles to grapple
  
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• ‘We’ll meet again’ – residents of Castle View Windsor sing out loud and strong

  30-04-2020 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Keeping their spirits high in the current situation and spreading a little joy and happiness, the residents of the new Castle View retirement village in Windsor have taken to their balconies to sing and exercise together, while maintaining a safe social distance from one another. As well as the Dame Vera Lynn classic, ‘We’ll meet […]
  
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• Planning permission confirmed for Lincolnshire care home

  30-04-2020 08:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Planning permission has been granted for a care home on a Lincolnshire development that forms part of a wider residential scheme delivered by Charterpoint Group. East Lindsey District Council has approved plans for the two-storey, 66-bed care home which will be built on a plot alongside the residential development at Westfield Park, off Grimsby Road, […]
  
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• Protein mystery of three brain diseases unraveled

  30-04-2020 02:17
  The accumulation of one particular protein in the brain is at the basis of three very different age-related conditions. Until recently, nobody understood how this was possible. Research now reveals that the shape of the protein determines the clinical picture.
  
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