Healthy Living

FIREFIGHTERS AND ASBESTOS EXPOSURE  (02/02)

Asbestos.com have recently published an educational page about Firefighter Health and Asbestos Safety and have offered us access to it.  To open, click HERE.

APPROVAL VERY CLOSE FOR NEW ALZHEIMER’S TREATMENT  (03/11/20)

The first drug to halt Alzheimer’s Disease could be offered to patients in Britain within a year. The drug is called aducanumab and it differs from other treatments now being given in that it doesn’t just mask symptoms but actually halts the progression of the disease by helping to untangle clumps of plaque in the brain. Trials have shown that patients given the new drug have benefited from improvement in language skills, slower memory loss and better awareness of time and place.

The drug has entered the final stage of testing before being licensed in the USA and it is hoped and expected that the approval of it for use in Europe can be fast tracked. There is a good chance that the drug will be available to patients in UK in less than a year.

BREAKTHROUGH DRUG TO TREAT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (11/08/20)

A new drug that is hoped can halt the development of Alzheimer’s disease is being fast tracked for approval. Researchers claim that if used on patients showing early signs of dementia the drug will slow or even halt the disease before incapacity results.

The name of the drug is aducanumab. Drugs currently given to Alzheimer patients merely mask symptoms but the new drug works in a very different way. It works by helping to untangle clumps of plaque in the brain. Charities supporting Alzheimer’s sufferers are expressing their delight at the news of this treatment breakthrough.

Samantha Benham-Hermetz, a senior executive for Alzheimer’s Research UK has said, “ People affected by Alzheimers have waited a long time for a life-changing treatment and today’s announcement offers hope that one could be in sight.”

ASBESTOSIS  (03/10/17)

In another FRS area, a number of former firefighters have been diagnosed with respiratory illnesses and some appear to be related to Asbestos.  Alas, some consultants/doctors are not willing to put Asbestosis on sickness declarations and usually only declare the complaint to be Fibrosis or similar.  Unless you get the consultant/doctor to change this to Asbestos you will not be successful with any claim for industrial injury.  So PLEASE emphasise that you served in the FIRE SERVICE and the importance of their completion of the paperwork with Asbestos being the cause of your ailment. 

SEPSIS KILLS MORE THAN 37,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR, IN THE UK ALONE  (21/02/17)

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