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According to World Health Organization (WHO 2023), vitamin deficiencies are a major global health concern. Although iron, vitamin A, and iodine deficiencies are the most common worldwide, vitamin B12...
POP is the downwards descent of one or more of the bowel, bladder, womb or – in women who have had a hysterectomy – the vaginal cuff (Haylen et al, 2016). While not life threatening, POP can cause...
Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is the most common cause of anaemia and is a problem worldwide, with an estimated 500 million people affected, occurring both in low-income countries such as sub-Saharan...
‘a serious systemic hypersensitivity reaction that is usually rapid in onset and may cause death. Anaphylaxis is characterized by potentially life-threatening compromise in airway, breathing and/or...
In a speech on the future of healthcare delivered in July 2020, Matt Hancock, the secretary of state for health and social care, said that ‘Coronavirus has catalysed deep structural shifts in...
Epidemiological evidence suggests that 8% of men in their 40s report moderate or complete ED and this increases to 40% of men in their 60s (McKinlay, 2000). Risk factors for developing ED are shown in...
How a person is affected by their mental illness will have an impact on their behaviour, communication and ability to take on board information and advice. Understanding the symptoms will be helpful...
Recruitment into primary care remains slow with the number of nurses wanting to make the move out of the acute and community sectors generally outweighing the ability of general practice teams to...
Research has shown that reduced emotional wellbeing and social functioning are at greater levels during the later stages of Parkinson's; however, a direct relationship between duration of disease and...
Point nine of The Code states:.
In most patients, in order to formulate an appropriate treatment plan diagnosis is based on a combination of the following factors:.
Dementia is an umbrella term that is used to describe a group of symptoms that are characterised by behavioural changes and loss of cognitive and social functioning. It is caused by progressive...
AMR arises when the organisms that cause infection evolve methods to survive attempts to kill or suppress them. This can happen naturally, but it is accelerated by the inappropriate use of...
As a result of AMR, standard treatments become ineffective and infections persist and may spread to others. The O'Neill (2016a) report estimated that by 2050, 10 million lives a year and a cumulative...
Migrants come to the UK for a variety of reasons, but most commonly they come to work, study or accompany family members. According to the most recent estimates, the leading countries of origin of...
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