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Sep 2019
A radical new radiotherapy approach is set to benefit prostate cancer patients, cutting the length of treatment from eight weeks to five days. Radiotherapy has traditionally been given over 39 days, requiring patients to attend hospital every weekday for nearly two months. However, the new trial means that powerful beams of precisely targeted radiation can…
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Sep 2019
Charity Diabetes UK has estimated that one in four beds will be taken up by diabetic patients, although one expert has claimed this figure was conservative and that the number could rise from this as obesity levels continue to increase. Currently one in six hospital admitted patients has diabetes and although the majority are not…
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Sep 2019
The estate of someone who has died is administered by a personal representative who is called an executor if there is a Will and an administrator if there is not. The role of the personal representative is to gather in the deceased’s estate, meet his / her liabilities and make distributions to beneficiaries in accordance…
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Sep 2019
Making a Will is of upmost importance so that you have peace of mind in what will happen to your assets when you pass away. However, failings occur when online Will-making websites and written templates are used. Some online Will writers are unregulated and unqualified so protection from a professional body is unavailable. Online schemes…
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Sep 2019
Social media is a term used to describe internet applications that encourage people to keep in touch and enable them to interact on-line. There are positive aspects to the phenomenon, including the ability to communicate easily or share information and ideas; however it can also distort the lines between home and work, degrading into issues…
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Sep 2019
A report has found that ‘best practice’ was not always adhered to, in relation to the deaths of five women whose maternity care was overseen by the same hospital trust. The trust, which incorporates two acute sites where their maternity services are based, have said that although there had been no evidence that the deaths…
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