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A brain scan that detects autism in adults could mean much more straightforward diagnosis of the condition, scientists say.

HMForces.co.uk was officially launched on 15th October 2008. It's a new online space designed exclusively for the UK military and naval community: The British Army, The Royal Navy, The Royal Marines and The Royal Air Force, to connect and develop their careers. However, if you're also civilian and have a member of your family in the armed forces, are a spouse ...

The Health Secretary, Andy Burnham, yesterday described the appalling treatment of patients at Stafford hospital as "ultimately a local failure". This misses the point. For one thing, Stafford is not the only NHS hospital that has put patients' lives at risk in recent years. Basildon and Colchester hospitals were also discovered to have jeopardised safety in 2009. What is more, ...

The Department of Health is sponsoring the development of a new, on-line assessment tool.  The tool will be available to help Higher Education Institutions select individuals on to pre-registration degree/diploma programmes, as well as to help recruit registered nurses. Mendas Ltd, the firm of Occupational Psychologists developing it, are seeking volunteers to complete the on-line tool.   No prior experience or particular knowledge of ...

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Interesting article.

By Jeremy Laurance Patients were 'routinely neglected', says most savage indictment of NHS trust How hundreds died after basic care was ignored The worst hospital scandal in more than a decade has triggered the biggest review of safety in the NHS since the Labour government came to power. Andy Burnham, the Health Secretary, announced an unprecedented five separate reviews of ...

By Enda Feeney One in ten children suffer mental health problems, an expert has warned. And a further one in 50 of our under-18s will also suffer a severe and disabling condition that will merit mental health care. Colman Noctor, a child psychotherapist, said youngsters often develop conditions such as depression, eating disorders and anxiety. 'Many children can take on ...

By Craig Brown Removing the display of sweets in shops and restricting the sale of high-calorie food near schools are among radical government proposals to make Scotland the first country in the world to successfully tackle obesity. In a report launched yesterday, the Scottish Government said the country's obesity problem would cost taxpayers an estimated GBP 3 billion a year ...

By Steve Connor IVF CLINICS are using a radical male infertility treatment far too frequently despite the risk of long-term health problems to the babies conceived, according to one of the technique's pioneers. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection involves injecting individual sperm cells directly into an unfertilised egg to improve the chances of producing a viable embryo which can then be implanted ...