Hospital shake-up Senedd protest
Hundreds of campaigners demand protection for services at Prince Phillip Hospital in Llanelli in a protest on the steps of the Welsh assembly. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)

Elderly Lung Cancer Patients May Live Longer With Chemotherapy And Radiation Together
Elderly patients with inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who take a daily dose of carboplatin (a chemotherapy drug), in addition to radiotherapy, live significantly longer than those who receive radiotherapy alone, say Japanese researchers. The study is published Online First in The Lancet Oncology. Shinji Atagi from Kinki-chuo Chest Medical Center, Osaka, Japan, said: [Until now] evidence supporting standard treatment with concurrent chemoradiotherapy was from clinical trials in which elderly, especially frail elderly patients, were under-represented... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Sponsor Message:/i/b Have a look at a href=http://www.thepsychologydaily.comThe Psychology Daily/a, the new psychology portal powered by MedWorm, with all the latest psychology news and research updated daily./p/div