A mother has condemned thieves who stole a DVD player belonging to her blind and disabled four-year-old son from the family's car. "I don't think they have any morals at all," said Judith Broomfield, of Aylesford, Kent, mother of Jamie Bell.
People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be less sensitive to pain than others who don't have the condition, say Dutch scientists. PTSD patients report panic attacks, flashbacks, anxiety and depression following a traumatic event.
More than 80% of people in Scotland know at least two friends who have experienced mental distress, research suggests.
From 6 April millions more Britons are to be given the right to request flexible working. People who need to alter their working hours to give them time to care for an adult are the beneficiaries. This includes people who, for example, need to get away from work to look after parents suffering dementia or family members who are disabled or ill. More than two million people at present are struggling to juggle work with caring responsibilities, charities say.
Routinely checking to see if babies can respond to their name at the age of one could help detect autism earlier than other tests, US experts believe. The disorder is usually not diagnosed until a child is three or four, as the symptoms are variable.
There are wide variations in the care provided for people with bowel disease, a national audit has found. The expert bodies who carried out the work said there were significant differences in the resources given to services and the care people receive. Three quarters of UK hospitals took part in the audit, which found 44% did not have a dedicated nurse specialist.
