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Carers have reacted furiously to official claims that life-changing Alzheimer’s drugs would make ‘zero’ difference to their existence.
The shocking assertion was revealed yesterday on day two of the unprecedented High Court battle by dementia victims to be allowed the drugs which cost a mere £2.50 a day.
The ‘insulting’ edict means devoted husbands and wives who […]

Carers have reacted furiously to official claims that life-changing Alzheimer’s drugs would make ‘zero’ difference to their existence.
The shocking assertion was revealed yesterday on day two of the unprecedented High Court battle by dementia victims to be allowed the drugs which cost a mere £2.50 a day.
The ‘insulting’ edict means devoted husbands and wives who […]

New treatments that could drastically cut the number of people going blind in Northern Ireland are not being made available to the patients who need them, a charity claims.
Campaigners fear it means some people are experiencing a “postcode lottery” as sufferers in Scotland are successfully receiving jabs for wet Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD).
The new sight-saving […]

Ulster sufferers of an eye disease are being left to go blind because of indecision among health chiefs on whether to fund new sight-saving drugs, two charities have warned.
The grim warning was delivered ahead of a public meeting being held in Belfast to highlight concerns for those diagnosed from wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD).
The […]

On Monday, drug companies Eisai and Pfizer joined with the Alzheimer’s Society, a patients group, in asking the British High Court to force the country’s National Health Service to provide access to three Alzheimer’s drugs.
The NHS, which offers free and low-cost medicine to all Britons, currently provides the drugs — donepezil, rivastigmine and galamantine — […]

CHICAGO: It may seem an obvious diagnosis for parents, but video games might not actually be addictive, the American Medical Association says.
A report recommending that internet and video gaming addiction be considered a mental disorder was watered down after a heated debate broke out among delegates at the association’s annual convention in Chicago.
Some questioned whether […]

Young children can turn a typical home into a house full of potential safety hazards.
Here are suggestions from the American Academy of Family Physicians on how to keep kids safe at home:
* Don’t leave plastic bags or deflated balloons where children can reach them, as these objects pose choking hazards.
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