by Russell Worth | Jul 29, 2013 | Cosmetic Surgery, News
The proteins targeted by Botox treatments could play a significant role in the treatment of diabetes, researchers have said. Scientists from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh are using new molecular microscopic techniques in an attempt to uncover how the body’s...
by Russell Worth | Jul 19, 2013 | asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, News
A cladding installation business owner has been fined after he exposed his workers to airborne asbestos fibres. Michael Southern instructed one employee and one casual labourer to remove and replace soffit boards at a house in Bedfordshire in August 2011. However,...
by Russell Worth | Jul 16, 2013 | Medical Negligence, News
The outcome of a review looking into the high mortality rates of fourteen hospital trusts has been announced, with the Government declaring that eleven hospitals are to be placed in special measures after major failings were discovered. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt...
by Russell Worth | Jul 11, 2013 | Accident at Work, News
Perrie Edwards from girl band Little Mix has revealed she has no sense of smell. It is thought the singer was born with a rare condition known as congenital anosmia; a condition which has no cure. “I have never smelt anything,” Perrie said to the BBC,...
by Russell Worth | Jul 11, 2013 | Car Accidents, News, Personal Injury
A pensioner whose hip was shattered during a stop on a coach trip to Blackpool has won £150,000 in compensation. The accident happened in 2010, when the woman, who is in her 70s, was going through a revolving door at a shopping centre where the coach party had made a...