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February 8th 2010
Categories: Healthcare, Healthcare Information, Healthcare Insurance, Healthcare Services, Public Health, Society

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Police Only To Respond To Lone Worker Alarms And Services That Operate In Compliance With The Alarm Response Policy

Following the recent publication of the new lone worker standard BS8484, the Association of Chief Police Officers for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (ACPO) have confirmed that the standard has been included within its recently amended Alarms Response Policy that restricts police response to only those service providers operating in ...
February 8th 2010
Categories: Diagnostics, Diseases, Healthcare, Healthcare Information, Society, Sports Medicine

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Head Injuries, Boxing Linked To Parkinson’s Disease

People who have suffered head injuries are four times more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease (also known as “PD”) than those who have never had head trauma, according to Mayo Clinic researchers. This finding might have far-ranging implications for sports such as boxing and football. The Mayo Clinic research team focused ...
February 8th 2010
Categories: Diagnostics, Diseases, Healthcare, Healthcare Information, Society

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Regular Exposure To Agricultural Pesticides Might Increase The Risk Of Parkinson’s Disease

Regular exposure to agricultural pesticides might increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to a study published in Archives of Neurology. More exposure to pesticides means a higher chance of the neurological illness, research reports. “While the causes of PD are still not clear,” says Kay Mixson Jenkins, author of the ...

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February 7th 2012
Tags: Addictions, Clinics, Diagnostics, Drugs, Healthcare, Healthcare Information, Healthcare Services, Medicine, Rehab, Society, Therapies No Comments

Self-control impulse impaired in addicts’ brains, possibly inherited

A study, appearing in Science Mag, says that there seems to be a presence of abnormalities in the brain of addicts that regulate self-control mechanisms. Researchers at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom studied brain scans of 50 pairs of siblings, one of each pair being a cocaine addict and the ...
February 1st 2012
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Kim Richards Admits To Alcoholism

Much speculation encircled Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and previous child-actress Kim Richards this television season. On the show, it was clear Ms. Richards was struggling with issues in her life. Her erratic behavior caused her fellow cast members to accuse her of using crystal meth on screen. Kim Richards, as ...

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