Jab that could ease Alzheimer’s torment

Jab that could ease Alzheimer’s torment

Scientists from New York University Medical Centre are developing a vaccine designed to tackle the erosion of balance and co-ordination caused by dementia.

However, the extensive testing required means the drug is around a decade away from being made available.

Source:- Daily Mail, Wednesday 22 August 2007, page 18

Cameron: Scrap the Human Rights Act

David Cameron last night called for the Human Rights Act to be scrapped outright for the first time, after the controversial law was cited for allowing the killer of head teacher Philip Lawrence in 1995 to escape deportation to Italy.

The Conservative leader called for the act to be replaced by a Bill of Rights.

Source:- Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 22 August 2007, page 1

Big cash boost for social enterprise

Health and social care services in local communities will receive £73m over the next four years through a new Department of Health social enterprise investment fund.

Source: – Society Guardian, Wednesday 22 August 2007, page 2

Poised for change

Service users aired their views on existing social policy and their vision of the future under Gordon Brown’s government at a national seminar supported by the journal Critical Social Policy.

Source: – Society Guardian, Wednesday 22 August 2007, page 6

Thousands of people with severe rheumatoid arthritis will be allowed to get a new drug originally developed to treat cancer to help with their conditions.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has approved the use of MabThera for patients, which is expected to help those who fail to respond to current treatments, known as anti-TNF drugs.

Source:- Daily Mail, Wednesday 22 August 2007, page 10

NHS agrees to fund ‘vital’ MS drug

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has made available on the NHS a multiple sclerosis drug shown to cut relapses by almost 70%, to those with the most severe form of the condition.

Nice has agreed to allow Tysabri to be prescribed in a move welcomed by the MS Society.

Source:- Daily Mail, Wednesday 22 August 2007, page 30

Labour fails to meet target on deporting migrants

The government failed last year to meet its target of deporting more failed asylum-seekers than the number of people who arrived with unfounded claims.

Source:- The Times, Wednesday 22 August 2007, page 4

999 dash for booze lad, 10

A boy aged 10 was taken to hospital after paramedics found him so drunk in the street he could not stand up or stop being sick.

Source:- Daily Mirror, Wednesday 22 August 2007, page 5

Absent dads are blamed

Jack Straw yesterday blamed absent dads for rising levels of violence in black communities.

Source:- Daily Mirror, Wednesday 22 August 2007, page 5

The case for redemption?

The fate of Learco Chindamo throws down a challenge to liberal opinion. The government wants the killer of Philip Lawrence to be deported. But why can’t the boy who is now a man be rehabilitated into British society?

Source:- The Independent, Wednesday 22 August 2007, page 1,2,3

Welsh news

Help the Aged calls for homes action

Many older people are finding it difficult to complete everyday activities according to new research from charity Help the Aged.The study found 12 per cent of older people needed help to have a bath or shower and 19 per cent struggled with stairs.

Help the Aged Wales is calling on the Welsh Assembly Government to put more money into care and repair services in Wales to ensure older people have homes which fit their needs.

Source:- Western Mail, Wednesday, 22 August 2007