One in every two UK adults claimed to have purchased a product primarily for ethical reasons in 2008, compared with one in every four in 1999. The Co-operative Bank has estimated that spending on ethical food and drink increased more than threefold between 1999 and 2008, from Â£1.9 billion to more than Â£6 billion.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome still under research, leading to rapid onset Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and/or tics in children and adolescents.he proposed criteria claims that children can be distinguished from traditional childhood onset OCD by the severity, abruptness and dramatic onset of symptoms. According to Swedo, Leckman and Rose (2012), pediatric patients suffering from PANS would be identified by the following criteria:
Introduction. Meningococcal disease is a rare but very serious illness that usually appears as meningitis or septicaemia. 'Meningitis' means an inflammation of the protective coverings of the brain and spinal cord. âSepticaemiaâ means blood poisoning, which is a more widespread infection throughout the body.Meningitisâ means an inflammation of the protective coverings of the brain and spinal cord. âSepticaemiaâ means blood poisoning, which is a more widespread infection throughout the body. Meningococcal disease is caused by bacteria called âmeningococciâ.