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• COVID-19 infection may be part of a 'perfect storm' for Parkinson's disease

  22-10-2020 20:39
  
  Can COVID-19 infection increase the risk of developing Parkinson's disease? That's the question posed by a new commentary that explores three known case studies of people developing Parkinson's-like symptoms in the weeks following infection with SARS-CoV-2.
  
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• Support grows for Marcus Rashford's free school meals campaign

  22-10-2020 17:31
  
  Politicians and celebrities of all stripes come out in support of plan rejected by government Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCelebrities and politicians from across the spectrum have come out in support of Marcus Rashford’s campaign to end child hunger in England, a day after the government voted against extending free school meals to disadvantaged children during the holidays.Representatives from the worlds of sport, entertainment and politics tweeted pr
  
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• Lineker and Farage back Rashford's free school meals campaign

  22-10-2020 17:31
  
  Politicians and celebrities of all stripes come out in support of plan rejected by government Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCelebrities and politicians from across the spectrum, including Gary Lineker and Nigel Farage, have come out in support of Marcus Rashford’s campaign to end child hunger in England, a day after the government voted against extending free school meals to disadvantaged children during the holidays.Representatives from the worlds of sp
  
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• Exercising one arm has twice the benefits

  22-10-2020 17:25
  
  New research has revealed that training one arm can improve strength and decrease muscle loss in the other arm -- without even moving it. The findings could help to address the muscle wastage and loss of strength often experienced in an immobilized arm, such as after injury, by using eccentric exercise on the opposing arm.
  
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• Tory MP quits as aide after backing Labour's free school meals vote

  22-10-2020 13:39
  
  Eastbourne MP Caroline Ansell says she believes vouchers are needed during pandemic
  A Conservative MP who defied her party to support Labour’s vote for free school meals during school holidays has resigned from her government post.Caroline Ansell, the MP for Eastbourne and Willingdon, was one of five Tories who backed Labour’s motion on Wednesday to extend financial support for the poorest families through the half-term and Christmas holidays amid the coronavirus pandemic. Continue r
  
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• Care home celebration tinged with more emotion than usual

  22-10-2020 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  After six months in lockdown, it was a celebration tinged with more than emotion than usual.
  Broomgrove Care Home residents lined up to say goodbye to four young care home staff that have landed places at university.
  The employees – that have cared for residents throughout lockdown – are all pursuing further education within the healthcare industry.
  Their send-off, which was scaled down because of COVID, was no less emotional with residents presenting cards, gifts and messages of goo
  
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• Herbert celebrates his Happy 100th Birthday at Northwich care home

  22-10-2020 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A resident at Saxlingham Hall care home in Saxlingham Green, near Norwich, has marked his 100th birthday with a special celebration at the home.
   
  Herbert Witard has been living at Saxlingham Hall since October 2019 and reached his milestone birthday on Monday 28th September.
   
  Herbert grew up in Norwich, living at the Keir Hardy Hall working men’s’ club, then at the Falcon pub on Aylsham Road, which was run by his parents.
   
  Herbert signed up for the Royal Air Force a
  
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• Social care in England needs input of at least £7bn a year, say MPs

  22-10-2020 01:01
  
  Full cost of adequately funding sector is likely to run into tens of billions, committee saysA cross-party group of MPs have called for an urgent multibillion-pound injection into England’s crisis-hit social care system to address rising levels of need among older and disabled people and to improve pay and skills for care workers.The health and social care select committee said ministers should invest at least £7bn a year in the care sector by 2023-24, though it said this was only a
  
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