Nikodash/Shutterstock In the UK, a quarter of people who take their own lives were in contact with a health professional the previous week, and most have spoken to someone within the last month. Yet assessing patient suicide risk remains extremely difficult. There were 5,219 recorded deaths by suicide in EnglandContinue Reading
Even just one workout can improve your sleep. RealPeopleStudio/ Shutterstock Many people struggle to get enough good quality sleep. Not only does this leave us feeling tired the next day, but over the long term poor sleep can actually have a negative effect on other aspects of our health andContinue Reading
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday advised investors to add Danaher to their shopping lists for next week after it reported third-quarter results. “You’re now getting a chance to buy one of the best-run companies in the world at a big discount. I think you’ve got to take advantage of thisContinue Reading
Thérèse Coffey, the health secretary for England, has admitted to giving her leftover antibiotics to friends and family who were feeling unwell. This led to the British Medical Association issuing a statement, describing her actions as “not only potentially dangerous, but also against the law”. In the UK, medicines fallContinue Reading
THE latest Covid wave has peaked, as infections have fallen 11 per cent in the last week, new data has revealed. Around one in 21 people in the UK have the bug – with numbers now also falling in the youngest age groups. Zoe Health Study The graph above showsContinue Reading
A child is administered a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pediatric vaccine. Mayela Lopez | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took a major step Wednesday toward ensuring that kids who are uninsured can receive Covid-19 vaccines for free after the federal government shifts its immunizationContinue Reading
Knowing how much exercise it takes to burn the calories in certain foods may be easier for consumers to understand. Prostock-studio/ Shutterstock In an effort to tackle the increasing prevalence of obesity, the UK government has introduced a number of public health strategies over the years, including changes to howContinue Reading
In 1906, Alois Alzheimer, a psychiatrist and neuroanatomist, reported “a peculiar severe disease process of the cerebral cortex” to a gathering of psychiatrists in Tübingen, Germany. The case was a 50-year-old woman who suffered from memory loss, delusions, hallucinations, aggression and confusion – all of which worsened until her untimelyContinue Reading
The U.S. faces at least seven different versions of Covid-19 omicron as the nation heads into winter when health officials are expecting another wave of viral infections. Although the omicron BA.5 variant remains dominant in the country, it is starting to lose some ground to other versions of the virus,Continue Reading
This isn't the first study to show a link between late night eating and weight gain. MMD Made my dreams/ Shutterstock It’s long been popular advice for people looking to lose weight to avoid late night snacking. It’s no wonder, with a host of research showing that late night eatingContinue Reading
