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• Biologic therapy for psoriasis may reduce heart disease

  15-09-2020 15:01
  Biologic therapy for psoriasis - protein-based infusions to suppress inflammation - was associated with a significant reduction in high-risk plaque in heart arteries, over one-year, according to new research. The positive association between biologic therapy and a decrease in high-risk plaque in heart arteries was significant after adjusting for cardiovascular risk factors and psoriasis severity.
  
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• Private labs unable to process all Covid tests, NHS email reveals

  15-09-2020 14:00
  
  Exclusive: Lighthouse labs sought help from NHS England to analyse community swabsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLaboratories that analyse swabs from people in the community, including care homes, were stretched to capacity even in late August, unable to process all the Covid test samples coming in and seeking help from the NHS, the Guardian can reveal.On 24 August, all NHS labs, which process hospital Covid tests, were sent an email from NHS England “reg
  
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• Fazakerley specialist care home celebrates one-year anniversary

  15-09-2020 09:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Since opening, the Fazakerley care home has created dozens of local jobs and welcomed 26 residents
  Residents and colleagues at Brook View, Exemplar Health Care’s complex needs nursing home in Fazakerley, Liverpool, celebrated the home’s first anniversary last month.
   
  The home’s 26 residents and 130-strong care team celebrated the day with games in the garden, party food and decorated cakes. Care team members who have worked at Brook View since its opening day were awarded
  
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• Cults care home residents score mouth-watering treat

  15-09-2020 07:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents of an Aberdeen care facility have scored a mouth-watering treat, thanks to the generosity of a well-known North East business.
  Ashvale operations director Stuart Devine MBE recently delivered more than 20 portions of fish and chips to the dementia unit at Deeside Care Home in Cults as a special treat for lifelong friend Billy Allan, his fellow residents and unit staff.
  Former joiner Mr Allan was involved in the creation of Aberdeen’s oldest amateur football team, Rattray’s
  
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• Tribunal awards 10 UK homecare workers £10,000 each in back pay

  15-09-2020 07:00
  
  Ruling says travel and waiting time between cases should be treated as working timeA group of homecare workers have been awarded an average of £10,000 each in back pay after a tribunal ruled that they had been unlawfully paid less than half the minimum wage for looking after elderly and disabled people in their own homes.The group – the majority of whom were black or minority ethnic women and on zero-hours contracts – were not paid for the time they spent travelling between mul
  
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