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Awareness about bowel cancer is still “stubbornly low” – despite it being the second biggest cause of cancer deaths in the UK, a study suggests.

British men are twice as likely to get bowel cancer today as they were in the mid-1970s, research has shown.

Exciting changes ahead for Arc Healthcare journal ‘E/R/A/S/E’ – Education, Research, Advice and Support for Everyone.

“The NHS changes will not affect front line workers” Said the Prime Minister.

Doctors’ representatives have backed a call for the regulation of healthcare assistants as part of a drive to ensure health services are “properly regulated”.

Training nurses and healthcare support staff to reduce urinary catheter use where possible has the knock-on effect of helping to reduce infection risk, according to US researchers.

- By Howard Benett, MD, FAAP Taken from the third issue of Quality Care® in 2006 Every day, five million American children wake up not knowing if their bed will be wet or dry. Many of these children feel embarrassed … Continue reading →

For the last few years, she has counted on the health service to afford her dignity and security in her old age. But now a blind 77-year-old widow has been left feeling dehumanised and humiliated by those who were supposed … Continue reading →

The government has confirmed it is to push ahead with big structural changes to the NHS in England. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said the reform agenda was “on track” following a public consultation, despite concerns from health unions.

A huge 60% of people say they’d like to die at home, surrounded by family and friends – me included! But it seems that not many of us get what we want.