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• Potential causality between blood clot factors and migraine with aura

  18-05-2021 19:08
  Researchers used a technique in genetic analysis termed Mendelian randomization to examine 12 coagulation measures, uncovering four that are associated with migraine susceptibility.
  
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• When it comes to social care, voters are miles ahead of politicians | Frances Ryan

  18-05-2021 13:02
  
  It’s dangerous to accept the status quo – the same old, broken ideas that condemn people to hardshipHere’s a secret about modern Britain. For all the thousands of words spouted by pundits and the endless melodrama of Westminster, how we live is governed by a remarkably small set of rules from which the country rarely diverges. We might call it political Groundhog Day, where the same old, broken ideas are accepted as gospel by politicians and the public is forced to relive the f
  
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• Malvern resident reunites with her son as lockdown restrictions ease

  18-05-2021 11:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Back on 17th November 2020, at Bradbury Court in Malvern, Margaret McDonald was the first resident to be able to enjoy a very special one-on-one visit from her son, Patrick. However, due to the last lockdown, Margaret and Patrick’s additional planned visits were put on hold, until now. With UK Government care home visiting restrictions beginning to ease, both Margaret and Patrick were excited about the prospect of being able to physically see each other again and catch-up face to face
  
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• One of Northamptonshire’s oldest residents celebrates her 105th birthday

  18-05-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of Northamptonshire’s oldest residents has celebrated her 105th birthday at a local care home.Phyllis Hunt celebrated her birthday with an afternoon tea party at Thorndale care home in Kettering.The former sewing machinist had visits from her granddaughter Donna and great granddaughter Sophie to mark the special occasion, and she also received video messages from her family, including her niece who lives in America.Ms Hunt was 24-years-old when she married her husband, Frank Norman Hun
  
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• Care UK’s most senior nurse welcomes new interest in nursing as a career

  18-05-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Care UK’s most senior nurse, Rachel Gilbert, Director of Care, Quality & Governance has welcomed news that the pandemic has brought an increase in interest from people wishing to train as a nurse – but wants to remind everyone that nursing has many facets, not just hospitals.Her comments come after Google published data on the numbers of searches about nurse training in the UK.  Those figures show that searches have gone up by more than a fifth during the last 12 months as c
  
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