Sevenoaks mother takes son for life saving treatment in US

Sevenoaks mother takes son for life saving treatment in US

Catherine is hoping that George’s success with the new treatment, known as trametinib, may increase its availability on the NHS. LCH is a rare condition that affects about 50 children in the UK each year. Cells that normally protect the skin move to other organs, in George’s case his liver, bone and spleen. Catherine said … Read more

Remote work helped in saving jobs during COVID- 19: ILO Report

Remote work helped in saving jobs during COVID- 19: ILO Report

Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty/iStock image Short-time work and work-sharing measures or other forms of job retention helped to reduce the volume of work and save jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, said a report of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) released on Friday. The report, titled Working Time and Work-Life … Read more

Climate finance scarce; early warning systems key to saving lives, livelihoods: Bhupender Yadav at COP27

Climate finance scarce; early warning systems key to saving lives, livelihoods: Bhupender Yadav at COP27

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav stressed that the global pace of climate mitigation is not enough to contain the rate of climate change Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav stressed that the global pace of climate mitigation is not enough to contain the rate of climate change With climate finance still scarce, climate adaptation in the … Read more

Saving Lives With ‘Safer Opioids’

Saving Lives With ‘Safer Opioids’

By Amy Norton               HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As opioid overdose deaths continue to soar, a Canadian program points to one way to save lives: providing “safer” opioids to people at high risk of overdose. That’s the conclusion of a study evaluating Canada’s first formal … Read more

Saving the Environment — and Cash — Through ‘Green’ Burials

Saving the Environment — and Cash — Through ‘Green’ Burials

April 4, 2022 – In 2017, Judy and Al Mowrer of Wooster, OH, decided they wanted to be “pushin’ up daisies” in the literal sense when they died – using their bodies to help the Earth prosper and give new life. So last year when Al died of multiple sclerosis at 74, he was wrapped … Read more