New requirements for NHS chaperones will be ‘challenging’ to implement in GP practices, the BMA has warned. The union has raised concerns about recent guidance from NHS England regarding the role of ...

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) affect millions of people worldwide, yet treatments remain largely limited to symptom ...

A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first to show how proteins called "chaperones" are vital in ensuring that neurons can transmit signals to one another. When ...

Heat shock protein 70 chaperones exert neuroprotective effects by preventing aggregation and regulating the proteostasis of pathological protein via its degradation. Neurodegenerative diseases such as ...

The Defense Health Agency has clarified the U.S. military's policy regarding chaperones during medical exams following several prominent cases of Army doctors taking indecent liberties with patients ...

Medical chaperones who observe intimate physical examinations are becoming more common in hospitals and doctor's offices nationwide amid high-profile sexual abuse cases in which many victims said they ...