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NHS England announces new Innovative Medicines Fund to fast-track promising new drugs
NHS patients are set to benefit from early access to potentially life-saving new medicines, including cutting-edge gene therapies, thanks to a new Innovative Medicines Fund and £680 million of ringfenced funding, the NHS chief executive has...2021-07-28 1440 0 -
Older people are worse at learning to help themselves, but just as good at learning to help others
Older adults may be slower to learn actions and behaviours that benefit themselves, but new research shows they are just as capable as younger people of learning behaviours that benefit others. Researchers at the Universities of...2021-07-26 1515 0 -
Health inequality charity launch emotive campaign to take action on health inequalities among British Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities
Social Action for Health are calling on Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities to take part in world’s largest genetics study into people of their heritage, to help scientists understand and treat the causes and consequences of poor health People of Bangladeshi...2021-07-25 703 0 -
UK to announce Fall booster shots against Corona
The Minister of Health has said that as the trials of different combinations come to an end, the government will soon announce its plan for booster shots against Covid-19 across the country in the fall. Last...2021-07-08 3039 0 -
Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Tips
Improving Your Cholesterol Profile There are two main types of cholesterol, LDL, sometimes termed ‘bad’ cholesterol, and HDL, sometimes termed as ‘good cholesterol’. The reality is that we do need some of both types of cholesterol,...2021-06-05 3236 0 -
Join in and “Cook For A Cause” this Saturday to raise funds for the Oxygen for India Emergency Appeal
This Saturday the 22nd of May, Elephant Atta and Rajah Spices will be hosting Cook for a Cause, a culinary day of fundraising to raise vital funds for the Oxygen for India Emergency Appeal. Throughout...2021-05-21 3546 0 -
“If you act fast, then there is more chance of a good recovery”
The Hindu Council UK, South Asian Health Action, South Asian Health Foundation and British Sikh Nurses are supporting the Act F.A.S.T campaign to raise awareness of stroke within South Asian communities. This Public Health England campaign...2021-05-20 3488 0 -
Severn Trent needs your help to keep sewers flowing.
Severn Trent is appealing to its customers in Walsall and Wolverhampton to help prevent local sewers from becoming blocked and cause flooding. Last year alone the water and waste company cleared around 4,700 sewer blockages in...2021-04-22 14802 0 -
Human Appeal Begins UK Ramadan Food Parcel Distributions in Birmingham
The Holy Month of Ramadan began last week on Tuesday, 13th April, and Manchester-based humanitarian charity Human Appeal has already distributed thousands of food parcels across the globe to some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. That...2021-04-20 3339 0 -
South Asian frontline doctors answer most popular questions about COVID-19 vaccine
The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines is being celebrated because vaccination saves lives and offers us a way out of the coronavirus crisis. Millions of people have already had their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine,...2021-04-01 1594 0