Cancer Patients Pay The Price To Keep Warm , UK
With temperatures set to plummet below freezing across the UK this week, leading cancer charity Macmillan Cancer Support is warning that keeping warm will be even harder for cancer patients undergoing treatment, as they are already twice as likely to fall into fuel poverty as the general population 1 . Following diagnosis, three-quarters (73 per cent 2 ) of cancer patients in active treatment need to use their heating more, yet those under 60 do not qualify for any help to pay for it... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
On Spanish Roads, Just 10 Minutes Could Prevent One-Third Of Deaths
Spanish researchers have calculated the probability of dying in road accidents on the basis of the time taken for the emergency services to arrive. Their conclusions are clear - reducing the time between an accident taking place and the arrival of the emergency services from 25 to 15 minutes would cut the risk of death by one-third. The average wait after an accident until the emergency medical services arrive is 25 minutes in Spain, Rocio Sanchez-Mangas, co-author of the study and a researcher at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), tells SINC... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
