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Foamy cells inspire better way to predict heart attacks

31-01-2022 22:15

A heart attack or stroke can blindside people who thought they were at low risk. Now, research has found a new model that could improve how we assess heart disease.

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The Guardian view on the care-leaving age: teenagers are children too | Editorial

31-01-2022 20:23

There should be a national outcry about the government’s decision to withhold the entitlement to care from the over-15sTerry Galloway and his siblings grew up in care. His sister had a difficult life, which ended when she was murdered by a partner. As children, the Galloways made a pact to try to improve the care system, which is part of the reason why he will travel to Downing Street as part of a delegation of care leavers on Tuesday. Their petition objects to a new law that, because it t

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Family histories of looked-after children are important

31-01-2022 19:08

Bedford borough council’s James Valentine says it is common practice nowadays for social workers to engage with children in care to help them make sense of their family historyThank you to Ashley John-Baptiste for his account of growing up as a looked-after child, and his vivid and moving description of how he only discovered in his mid-20s that he had a brother (A moment that changed me, 26 January).He says: “Do children’s services even care about, or prioritise learning about

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There’s a smarter way to fix the social care crisis than raising national insurance | Polly Toynbee

31-01-2022 15:26

Northumbria’s NHS trust could be a model for integrating health and social care, as well as paying staff a better wageThe prime minister and chancellor have bolted themselves together in a mutual destruction pact. Come hell or high water, the national insurance rise will happen, rudely snubbing a campaign by the Daily Mail. The Tory right wants no tax rises and no spending, while Labour wants the highest tax burden to be paid by those who have the most. But instead of hitting older people,

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Covid outbreaks leave hundreds of care homes in England closed to relatives

31-01-2022 14:17

Government yet to publish updated guidance on visiting, isolating and testing despite its pledge of full reopening on MondayCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHundreds of care homes in England remain closed to relatives because of Covid outbreaks, despite the government promising the return of “unlimited visiting” from Monday.Last week the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) scrapped rules put in place in December that restricted visits. Continu

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