A drug-free treatment has helped people control their asthma symptoms for up to a year, a study has found. Bronchial thermoplasty uses radio frequency currents to reduce the amount of smooth muscle in the airways, stopping the narrowing seen in asthma.
A leading north east charity has said it will stop providing care for adults with learning disabilities after a row over funding.
Computer-based therapy should be available to all patients in England from April, says the government. Patients with mild depression or anxiety should receive therapy instead of drugs, but there are long waiting lists around the country. A trial of one computer programme - 'Beating the Blues' - found it more cost-effective than other treatments.
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A national inquiry into the scale of bullying should be undertaken by ministers because of fears that the problem is being downplayed by schools seeking to protect their reputations, a report demands today. New guidance is also needed to ensure that victims who dare to fight back are not suspended or expelled.
A charity believes a 60-year-old study of mental health in Scotland could hold the key to developing new treatments for conditions like Alzheimer's. Help the Aged in Scotland is hoping to raise £13.5m by 2015 to pay for long-term research resulting from the Scottish Mental Survey from 1947.
