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Statins slash risk of heart disease or stroke for women, study finds
A review of data from 27 trials featuring 46,675 female and 127,474 male patients found the treatment slashed their risk of heart disease or stroke. Around 600,000 women die from the conditions every year. But the review found statins, which work by lowering so-called…
Course of the week – Equality and Diversity Training
Equality and diversity is a term used in the United Kingdom to define and champion equality, diversity and human rights as defining values of society. It promotes equality of opportunity for all, giving every individual the chance to achieve their…
More women’s lives could be save by a new highly-sensitive test for heart attacks, according to a top doctor
More women’s lives could be save by a new highly-sensitive test for heart attacks, according to a top doctor. A large trial, under way at the University of Edinburgh, is hoping to confirm research that showed heart attacks could be diagnosed…
Course of the week – Lone Worker
Working alone is not in itself against the law, and it will often be safe to do so, however the law requires employers and others to think about and deal with any health and safety risks and or hazards of…
Course of the week – Fire Safety
This level 2 course is aimed at anyone who requires a course as a Fire Warden or a Fire Marshal. The course covers the latest fire safety regulations and the roles and duties of employees and their responsibilities on Fire…
New online courses for 2015 coming soon
We are developing new video online courses to go live early 2015 and these are in different sectors in Health & Safety, Office Skills and more in the care sector. We also have these courses available through our national network…
Mental Capacity Act online course coming soon
We are finishing off a new mental capacity act online training course which will be going live in January. We already have a classroom based course which can be taught nationally or at your workplace. For more information, call 01206…
Faulty insulin pens recall
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warned people with diabetes who use insulin pens manufactured by Owen Mumford to check their pens are being recalled. If they have a pen from the list of affected lots, then they…
Ebola – learn more about the Ebola virus and if you are at risk
Ebola is a virus that is affecting thousands, mainly in Africa but reading in isolated cases further afield. In this episode of the First Aid Show we look at the spread of this virus and what needs to be considered…
Whooping cough may be evolving to outsmart the currently used vaccine, say researchers
Analysis of strains from 2012 shows the parts of the pertussis bacterium that the vaccine primes the immune system to recognise are changing. It may have “serious consequences” in future outbreaks, UK researchers state in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.…

