Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Thursday 28th December) lent their support to calls by Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell for fundamental reform of the welfare system.
After five years of planning, Leicester City Council submitted its application to the government to take over parking enforcement from the police.
Long-term use of some of the most common drugs prescribed to tackle stomach acid problems may be weakening people's bones. Researchers found a significantly increased risk of hip fracture among UK patients taking 'proton pump inhibitors' for more than a year. They said doctors should consider the risk when prescribing such drugs. The University of Pennsylvania study findings appear in the Journal of the American Association.
Patients with the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's disease could be diagnosed using an advanced scanning technique. A team at the University of California, Los Angeles, says it has found a way to highlight distinctive brain changes linked to Alzheimer's.
Some women with osteoporosis can stop taking a bone-protecting drug after five years without increasing their risk of fractures, say scientists. The class of drugs, bisphosphonates, are given to strengthen the bones of women who have gone through the menopause and risk fractures.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Wednesday 27th December) slammed the UK Labour Government after news that government buildings are emitting more carbon than ever before.
