Apprise Medical

For those of you bearing with the wet and cold weather, we are half way through winter! Contrary to the belief that we have been hibernating during our radio silence, we have also been working hard. Thanks to your valuable feedback and help we have been making updates the app and website. Over the next few weeks and months we will be telling you all about the exciting new features that will be available for access.

The collaboration between mums, midwives and doctors in North West London has lead to the launch of an app that provides personal guidance on pregnancy, birth and beyond.

Mum & Baby

Neurology hotline for GPs saves £100,000 a year | GPonline An advice line providing GPs in the north west of England with access to specialist neurology advice has saved the NHS £100,000 a year by preventing 'unnecessary' appointments, NHS England has said.

The NIHR earlier this month launched a new leadership programme for senior nurses and midwives. Closing date for applications are 30 Nov 2018. Apply here: https://buff.ly/2zMkMv0

A trial has found that Vitamin D does not reduce cancer or cardiovascular events in healthy adults over 50 https://buff.ly/2Qx1gK2

As a child Earl Brakken was fascinated to see how Frankenstein's monster would be bought to life with a shock of electricity. Later in life, with a fascination for electricity and a little luck, he would invent the first electrical pacemaker. Last month he passed away at the of 94.

A study from China, found that people who ate an egg daily had an 18% lower risk of death from cardiovascular causes than people who never ate eggs.

Researchers found that fish-oil supplements taken from the 24th week of pregnancy is linked to an increase in infant lean and bone mass by the age of six years. https://buff.ly/2LXroe5

How old is your heart? Click on the link below to carry out a 'heart test age'. https://buff.ly/2vucG90