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Researchers at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) have begun recruitment to a major trial for treatment for depression in bipolar disorder
Researchers at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) have begun recruitment to a major trial for treatment...
- 17/12/2020
- Health & Social Care Research, Brain & Mind
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New research study at the Clinical Ageing Research Unit, Newcastle University
New research study at the Clinical Ageing Research Unit, Newcastle University; “Investigating methods to measure brain activity during ...
- 01/11/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Bones, Joints & Muscles, Brain & Mind
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Older people's experiences of mental health and dementia services
Healthwatch North Tyneside is the independent champion for people who use health and social care services in North Tyneside. Their purp...
- 17/09/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Ageing, Social Care, Dementia, Brain & Mind
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Anger linked to illness in old age
Not all negative emotions are necessarily bad. In fact, they can direct your behaviour in useful ways. If you’re stuck in traffic and r...
- 28/08/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Ageing, Brain & Mind, Healthy living & wellbeing
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Creative arts therapies can help people with dementia socialise and express their grief
People with dementia can flourish and show creativity in ways they, their caregivers and loved ones never thought possible. Under the g...
- 26/08/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Culture & Society, Dementia, Brain & Mind, Health & wellbeing
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Empathy in healthcare is finally making a comeback
A doctor friend – let’s call her Anne – was teaching three smart medical students who were told to diagnose a woman complaining of nons...
- 13/08/2019
- Culture & Society, Health & Social Care Research, Brain & Mind
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Dementia: The greatest health challenge of our time
Dementia is the greatest health challenge of our time, the charity Alzheimer's Research UK has warned. Dementia was first described by...
- 12/08/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Dementia, Brain & Mind
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Dixon Chibanda: Why I train grandmothers to treat depression
Dixon Chibanda is one of 12 psychiatrists in Zimbabwe -- for a population of more than 16 million. Realizing that his country would nev...
- 06/08/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Brain & Mind, Carers, Social Care
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Fear of the dentist: what is dental phobia and dental anxiety?
It’s fair to say going to the dentists is few people’s favourite thing to do. In fact, over 45% of British people say they get anxious ...
- 29/07/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Dental, Brain & Mind
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Feel like time is flying? Here’s how to slow it down
Sometimes it seems as if life is passing us by. When we are children, time ambles by, with endless car journeys and summer holidays whi...
- 07/07/2019
- Culture & Society, Brain & Mind
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My simple invention, designed to keep my grandfather safe.
60% of people with dementia wander off, an issue that can prove hugely stressful for both patients and caregivers. In this charming tal...
- 28/06/2019
- Innovation for Ageing, Dementia, Brain & Mind, Culture & Society, Health & wellbeing
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The coming neurological epidemic
Biochemist Gregory Petsko makes a convincing argument that, in the next 50 years, we'll see an epidemic of neurological diseases, such ...
- 27/06/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Innovation for Ageing, Brain & Mind
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