Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
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Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
Wheelchair users can go off-road
A Kent inventor has developed an all-terrain electric buggy aimed at giving disabled users the experience of going off-road through rough country. Chris Swift was a student agricultural engineer when he was disabled by a neurological condition as a teenager. He completed his degree, but realised his days of driving tractors were over.
17 Jul 2007
Brain target for stress disorder
Blocking a molecule in the brain may "cure" post-traumatic stress disorder, according to US researchers. They showed that inhibiting a specific enzyme removed fear in mice and report to journal Nature Neuroscience that the finding may lead to new treatments. Around a third of people may suffer PTSD after an exceptionally traumatic event, such as a terrorist attack or a natural disaster. Experts said it was early days but the findings were worth exploring further.
17 Jul 2007
Effects of autism 'long-lasting'
Almost half of adults with autism in England live with their parents, a National Autistic Society report says. And just 15% of them are in full-time employment, says the society's "Moving on Up?" report. But the society says this could improve if the right planning and support were offered to young people with autism.
17 Jul 2007
Hope for new Parkinson's therapy
Scientists have discovered a protein which may help to slow, or even reverse symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's destroys nerve cells that produce the brain chemical dopamine, causing movement and balance problems.
17 Jul 2007
Diabetes 'complicates recovery'
People with diabetes are more likely to spend longer in intensive care and pick up an infection after an accident than those without, a US study suggests. Researchers at the Penn State College of Medicine looked at nearly 26,000 patients who were hospitalised after trauma injuries between 1984 and 2002. Those with diabetes were nearly twice as likely to pick up an infection and spent two days longer on a ventilator. But they were not more likely to die, the Archives of Surgery study found.
17 Jul 2007
Diabetes 'complicates recovery'
People with diabetes are more likely to spend longer in intensive care and pick up an infection after an accident than those without, a US study suggests. Researchers at the Penn State College of Medicine looked at nearly 26,000 patients who were hospitalised after trauma injuries between 1984 and 2002. Those with diabetes were nearly twice as likely to pick up an infection and spent two days longer on a ventilator. But they were not more likely to die, the Archives of Surgery study found.
17 Jul 2007