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• Molecular Radiotherapy Series No. 6 - Information for parents of children and young people having radioactive iodine (131I) treatment

  This page is for parents, carers and family members who are acting as comforters and carers for children and young people having radioactive iodine (131I) treatment. It explains what the treatment involves, how to prepare for it and what you can expect afterwards.

• Dynamic Sweat Test (DST) (Autonomic Unit)

  This booklet has been written by the Autonomic Unit at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN). The aim of the booklet is to provide information about the Dynamic Sweat Test (DST).

• UCLH researchers find way to reduce side effects of treatment for adrenal disorder

  A research team involving UCLH clinicians has found a way to reduce the side effects of treatment for a disorder of the adrenal glands.

• Preterm babies do not habituate to repeated pain

  Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain in the way that full-term infants, children and adults do habituate to pain, finds a study at UCLH and UCL.

• New government support for energy bills. What does it mean? - by Jelena Nenadic, welfare and benefit advisor

  Information about the new government support available to help people pay their energy bills.

• Maternal medicine

  The Maternal Medicine team provides care for women with pre-existing medical disorders or pregnancy-related medical conditions. We work in a multidisciplinary team of doctors and midwives in order to provide the best standard of care for women and their babies.

• Staff and patients delighted with the newly refurbished Neurorehabilitation Unit

  The Neurorehabilitation Unit (NRU) at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) has been refurbished with funding from The National Brain Appeal to provide new facilities and additional space, transforming it into a more therapeutic environment.

• World-first CJD treatment shows promising early results

  A world-first treatment for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has shown “very encouraging” early results following its use in six patients at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust.

• Improving clinic attendance and reducing health inequalities in children and young people

  A UCLH rheumatology team is leading an exciting project to help understand the reasons for young people missing their hospital appointments and find ways to improve this.

• Health secretary Matt Hancock visits University College Hospital

  Health secretary Matt Hancock visited University College Hospital yesterday to see for himself our post-Covid-19 service set up to help survivors of the virus with their long-term recovery.