June - Carebridge are pleased to announce they have recently secured a contract to work in partnership with Family Carers to support their recruitment and to advise & deliver on staff training.

June - CareBridge are pleased to announce their newly formed partnership with Vista Healthcare, providing expertise and support for their service development project across the UK. 

June - CareBridge has recently secured a contract with Care Approach to support their recruitment campaign and advising on staffing solutions. 

June - CareBridge is currently in discussion with Healthcare Organisations in Dubai and UAE regarding staffing solutions and practice development.

June - New drug to stop cancer spread? The Daily Express has reported of a “drug hope in the battle to stop cancer spreading”. It said that scientists have found a new group of molecules that could stop the spread of cancer and “lead to new drugs”. The news report is based on complex early-stage laboratory research aimed at inhibiting a type of enzyme that is fundamental to certain biological processes in cells. By doing this, it is theoretically possible that certain disease processes, including the spread of cancer, can be prevented.

June - Electricity therapy for epilepsy “Deep brain stimulation is a promising therapy for epilepsy,” reported the BBC. The article said that patients who had resistant epilepsy (a type of epilepsy that does not respond to drug treatment) and who had regular seizures were selected for the new treatment. Following the surgery, there was a 41% reduction in seizures for patients who received brain stimulation, compared with a 14.5% decline in seizures in the control group.

June - Walking ‘cuts stoke risk’ according to newspaper article “Strolls can cut stroke in women,” according to the Daily Mirror, which said that brisk walking for longer than two hours a week cuts the risk of a stroke by more than a third for women. According to the newspaper, walking is better at combating strokes than more vigorous forms of exercise. The study behind this report followed nearly 40,000 women for 12 years, looking at the association between their exercise habits and their risk of having a stroke. The researchers say that their results are surprising as vigorous exercise did not seem to be linked to reduced stroke risk.