Mental capacity - what do you want to know?
Mental Capacity: resources from the Mental Health Foundation Making decisions is something we do all day, every day. If you are able to make a particular decision for yourself you have 'mental capacity'. However, there are many reasons why you ... [... more]
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The Woodland Trust / Yews / Yew
The yew tree is the most ancient of trees with the some trees thought to be thousands of years old. In old age they have a distinctive gnarled shape with some branches curving down to the ground and taking root. [... more]
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Children and young people
Children and young people with mental health problems, information from the Mental Health Foundation including latest news and events and relevant organisations The emotional wellbeing of children and young people is just as important as their ... [... more]
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Mind & body magazine
Speech enabled, speech enabling, speech software tool, audio, Browsealoud, browse aloud, speak The NHS Direct website is now speech enabled. This means that all of our content is now available in audio form. All you have to do to is to download ... [... more]
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Crown copyright
Material published on the NHS Direct website is Crown copyright. It is managed and licensed by the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI). If you wish to use material from the NHS Direct website, you will need to apply to OPSI for a ... [... more]
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Yellow fever - Overview - Introduction
Information on Yellow fever from NHS Choices including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, risks and treatment and with links to other useful resources Yellow fever is viral disease that occurs mainly in Africa and the Americas. It is passed to humans ... [... more]
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Yentreve (duloxetine)
Yentreve capsules contain the active ingredient duloxetine hydrochloride, which is a type of medicine called a combined serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor. It is used to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. SUI is the ... [... more]
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Freedom of Information Publication Scheme
Read about NHS Direct information that's available to members of the public under the NHS Direct Freedom of Information Publication Scheme Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, every public authority has a legal duty to adopt and maintain a ... [... more]
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Contraceptive injections
The contraceptive injection contains hormones that prevent pregnancy for up to 3 months. It is 99 per cent effective. Worldwide, many millions of women use the contraceptive injection. At the moment, about 3 per cent of British women of ... [... more]
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Yasmin (ethinylestradiol and drospirenone)
Yasmin tablets are a type of hormonal contraception commonly known as 'the pill' or combined oral contraceptive pill. Yasmin tablets contain two active ingredients, ethinylestradiol and drospirenone. These are synthetic versions of the naturally ... [... more]
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Yutopar
Ritodrine hydrochloride is a beta2 adreno-receptor stimulant which acts on beta2 receptors found in uterine muscle. It decreases uterine contractility and therefore acts as a uterine relaxant. It is used in the management of premature ... [... more]
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Yondelis (trabectedin)
Yondelis infusion contains the active ingredient trabectedin which is a type of chemotherapy medicine for cancer known as an 'anti-neoplastic'. Trabectedin is a naturally occurring compound that is derived from a marine organism, Ecteinascidia ... [... more]
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