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• Sitting Tai Chi exercises improved recovery outcomes for older stroke survivors

  07-04-2022 16:10
  A study found that after three months of practicing a modified form of Tai Chi in which participants are seated, stroke survivors had improved hand and arm function, sitting balance, mental health and quality of life, compared to stroke survivors who participated in a standard stroke rehabilitation exercise program. The study is the first randomized controlled trial to indicate practicing a seated form of Tai Chi early after a stroke enhanced health outcomes.
  
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• Most carers like me haven’t had a break since 2020 – it’s a scandal in plain sight | Yasmin Qureshi

  07-04-2022 12:53
  
  For as long as I’ve been an MP, I’ve been an unpaid carer. It’s never been more urgent to fix this broken system – yet the Tories do nothingIt was 3am in the early hours of a Monday morning. I awoke to a phone call from my brother gasping for breath and struggling with chest pains in another room of my house. I rushed to his side and called an ambulance that took him to hospital. The next few hours were spent anxiously waiting to hear from doctors, who would eventually re
  
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