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Wednesday, 4 Aug, 2010 - 9:15 pm More arthritis drugs to be made available on the NHS * People with rheumatoid arthritis could be given access to a wider range of drugs, under new draft guidelines from the health watchdog NICE. Previous guidelines said patients in England and Wales could be prescribed only one course of anti-TNF drugs to block inflammation.
Wednesday, 4 Aug, 2010 - 9:08 pm Stem cell method put to the test in Parkinson's study * UK researchers are launching a study into the potential of using a person's stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease. A Oxford University team will use adult stem cells, which have the ability to become any cell in the human body - to examine the neurological condition.
Wednesday, 4 Aug, 2010 - 9:05 pm Stem cell therapy 'first' in trial on arthritic knees * A stem cell therapy for osteoarthritis is to be tested on patients in the UK for the first time. A year-long trial, funded by Arthritis Research UK, will mix stem cells with cartilage cells in the lab and inject them back into damaged knee joints. The new treatment could be an alternative to joint replacement surgery, experts hope.
Wednesday, 4 Aug, 2010 - 9:00 pm Disability benefit cheat filmed jazz dancing sentenced * A jazz dancer who fraudulently claimed nearly £20,000 in disability benefits has been given a community order. Terence Read, of Manchester, said he was crippled by arthritis and barely able to walk, but was filmed teaching dancing at a swing music night.
Wednesday, 4 Aug, 2010 - 8:50 pm Disability transport to the 2012 Games * Dee Doocey reveals shocking problems facing disabled people travelling to the "most accessible Games ever" and calls for Olympic road lanes to be open to disabled people
Tuesday, 20 Jul, 2010 - 9:44 pm Compulsory social care payment scheme 'not ruled out' * The government has not ruled out introducing a compulsory payment scheme for social care, sources say. During the election campaign the Conservatives campaigned against the so-called "death tax" to pay for social care.
Tuesday, 20 Jul, 2010 - 9:38 pm Use of technology could help detect autism * Young children with autism can be identified by listening to the noises they make, say US scientists. Research suggests the babbling of infants with autism differs from that of children without it. The differences were spotted with 86% accuracy using automated vocal analysis technology. Vocal characteristics are not currently used for diagnosing autism, even though the link has been suggested before. The study is in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Tuesday, 20 Jul, 2010 - 9:33 pm Tinnitus risk may be increased by use of mobiles * Regularly using a mobile phone may increase the risk of tinnitus, which involves constant ringing or buzzing in the ear, a small study suggests. Austrian researchers recruited 100 people with the condition and 100 without, and compared mobile phone use. They found tinnitus was over 70% more likely in those averaging 10 minutes' daily phone use, reported Occupational and Environmental Medicine journal.
Thursday, 15 Jul, 2010 - 9:50 pm Teignmouth stroke victim's wheelchair train 'ban' * A rail operator has apologised to a disabled passenger after staff tried to "bar" him from a train. Tim Mason, 49, from Teignmouth, Devon, was told he could not travel on the First Great Western (FGW) train if his wheelchair could not be folded away.
Tuesday, 13 Jul, 2010 - 6:15 pm Surrey Lib Dems oppose Tory cuts * The Conservative administration at County Hall has today announced cuts to the County Council's budget. Responding to the allocation of the cuts, the Leader of the Liberal Democrat main opposition group, Cllr Hazel Watson said: "I disagree with the allocation of the cuts by the Conservative administration. The £3.9m cut to front-line services for Children and Young people is excessive. This will be very damaging to services for vulnerable children and young people in Surrey. It was only about two years ago that children's services were rated inadequate by Government and these cuts will not help to improve the service."
Monday, 12 Jul, 2010 - 4:22 pm Annette Brooke MP calls for improved Ankylosing Spondylitis services * Annette Brooke MP, met with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) patients and experts last week to discuss the barriers to AS patients receiving the best care for the painful and disabling spinal condition. The patients were in Westminster for the launch of the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society's (NASS) report Looking Ahead which highlights the problems people with AS face due to delayed diagnosis and a lack of access to appropriate expertise and therapies.
Tuesday, 22 Jun, 2010 - 6:36 pm Health care for those with learning disabilities is worse than the rest of the population * People with learning disabilities receive worse healthcare than the rest of the population some doctors and nurses believe, according to a charity. Mencap has found almost half of doctors and a third of nurses from a poll of poll of 1,084 think this is the case.
Sunday, 20 Jun, 2010 - 6:55 pm Local Government Ombudsman criticises the stopping of a travel scheme in Eastleigh * A council has been criticised after it cancelled a travel scheme enabling elderly and disabled people access to cheap or free public transport. Eastleigh council said it believed an alternative scheme would offer a wider choice of travel options.
Saturday, 19 Jun, 2010 - 11:14 pm Campaigners urges the Government to ring fence both the NHS and social care. * The social care budget needs protecting just as NHS spending has been, campaigners say. Age UK has warned that if the expected cuts to councils are made, just half the 1m people needing help at home in England will be getting it by 2012. The charity said social care should be put on the same footing as health, which will not see a funding drop.
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