• Night shift work is linked to increased risk of heart problems

    Using data from over 283,600 people in UK Biobank, researchers have found that people who work night shifts are at increased risk of developing an irregular and often abnormally fast heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation, and they are also at an increased risk of heart disease. Women and people who don't exercise regularly are most at risk.
  • Wellbeing co-ordinator returns to boost dementia care

    Residents at a specialist dementia care home in Bridgwater, Somerset, are benefitting from the focused attention of a new wellbeing co-ordinator who loves the home so much that after a short break working elsewhere she just couldn’t keep away.Lisa Priddice worked on the activities team and as a health care assistant at Avalon Nursing Home from 2015 to 2018 and then took a break during which she worked as an activity facilitator at Musgrove Hospital and had a baby.And now Lisa is back at Av

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