by Ian McMillan | Feb 27, 2024 | Neurological
Ensuring that people with Parkinson’s disease receive physiotherapy and as soon as they are diagnosed – along with appropriate medication as needed – could give policymakers ‘quick wins’, according to a report titled The value...
by Ian McMillan | Feb 27, 2024 | Respiratory
Patients whose asthma is poorly controlled have eight times excess greenhouse gas emissions compared with those whose condition is well controlled – equivalent to that produced by 124,000 homes each year in the UK – according to the first study of its...
by Ian McMillan | Feb 26, 2024 | Sports & Exercise
Physiotherapists in Ireland are set to play a central role in a European initiative that aims to encourage adults to take part in physical activities in a bid to prevent cancer. The project – titled Urban ACTion for cancer prevention: adult and senior citizens...
by Ian McMillan | Feb 25, 2024 | Oncology & Palliative Care
Patients who live further away from cancer centres are likely to receive different care and experience worse outcomes than those who live closer to them. This is despite patients from further away being referred and diagnosed as quickly as people close to the centre....
by Ian McMillan | Feb 23, 2024 | Students
Students who opt to study physiotherapy degrees at City St George’s – the name given to a university that will be created following a planned merger involving two of London’s major higher educational institutions (HEIs) – will be...
