Mental health nurses protest at car park charge
More than 100 nurses and health workers have staged a lunchtime protest against the introduction of parking charges for patients and staff at Springfield University Hospital in South London. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)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
In Alzheimer's Disease, Neuron-Nourishing Cells Appear To Retaliate
When brain cells start oozing too much of the amyloid protein that is the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, the astrocytes that normally nourish and protect them deliver a suicide package instead, researchers report. Amyloid is excreted by all neurons, but rates increase with aging and dramatically accelerate in Alzheimer's. Astrocytes, which deliver blood, oxygen and nutrients to neurons in addition to hauling off some of their garbage, get activated and inflamed by excessive amyloid... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
