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  • Macmillan launches bereavement booklet

    Macmillan Cancer Support has produced a practical booklet for relatives and friends of anyone who has died of cancer. The booklet, entitled ‘After someone dies: coping with bereavement’ is the first of its kind and gives practical information about what to do and what to expect when someone dies. The booklet also looks at emotions…

  • Information on the signs of skin cancer for therapists

    We highlight the importance of keeping an eye on your clients’ skin. Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK and rates of melanoma, its deadliest form, have more than quadrupled in the last 30 years. People working in the therapy industry come into close contact with people’s skin every day. This…

  • Cost-saving ways to heart-healthy meals

    Cooking healthy family meals from scratch is often thought of as an expensive option, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Heart Research UK help to dispel this myth by arming us with some handy hints to make mealtimes healthy, fast and cheap, while reducing food waste too. Wonderful ways with fruits and vegetables Plan…

  • Well-being and safety in UK sport under review

    The British Government has launched a review, led by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, to look into the duty of care sport has towards participants. The review aims to ‘develop a comprehensive plan for how government and the whole sporting system can more effectively look after people who take part in grassroots sport and people who perform at…

  • Boosting the fight against cancer

    The University of Brighton has been awarded £148,600 to find new ways to deliver anti-cancer properties from the spice turmeric to prevent or treat the disease. Scientists will be working with collaborators in Vietnam where the climate and soil on higher ground is suitable to cultivate Curcuma longa from which turmeric, used in cooking in…

  • Majority of English people unaware of link between alcohol and cancer

    Approximately 87 per cent of the English public don’t associate drinking alcohol with an increased risk of cancer, according to a new report commissioned by Cancer Research UK. The report was produced by researchers from the University of Sheffield, based on findings from a nationally representative online survey of over 2,000 people. The charity states that alcohol consumption increases the…

  • UK health experts urge government to ban tackling in school rugby

    More than 70 sport scholars, academics, doctors and public health professionals have joined forces to pen an open letter to the government, calling for tackling in school rugby to be banned. Following increasing concerns among health professionals, the letter warns of the risks of serious injuries from tackling in rugby and urges schools to adopt touch and non-contact versions…

  • World Health Day 2016: Beat diabetes

    The World Health Organisation (WHO) is marking its annual World Health Day today (7 April), which celebrates the Organisation’s founding in 1948, by issuing a call for action on diabetes. In its first “Global report on diabetes”, WHO highlights the need to step up prevention and treatment of the disease. Health-promoting environments reduce risk factors…

  • NICE draft guidance on low back pain published for consultation

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is updating its 2009 guidance on the early management of low back pain and has published a draft guideline for consultation. In the draft guideline for ‘Low back pain and sciatica’, NICE makes the following recommendations, amongst others, for non-invasive treatments: Consider group exercise programme (biomechanical,…

  • Low back pain may be alleviated by mindfulness-based stress reduction

    Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) may be an effective treatment for chronic low back pain, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study, conducted by researchers from the Group Health Research Institute and the University of Washington, aimed to evaluate the effectiveness for chronic low back pain of MBSR,…

  • 9 most common dreams explained

    What are the most common dreams and what do they mean? The Independent has produced a video explaining what the nine most common dreams are and what they mean, according to Ian Wallace, a psychologist who has interpreted more than 150,000 dreams over 30 years of practice. Watch the video here Image

  • Active commuting associated with a reduced BMI

    Active commuting is associated with a reduced BMI and lower percentage of body fat, when compared with travelling by car, according to a recent study published in The Lancet: Diabetes and Endocrinology. Those cycling, walking, or travelling by train or bus to work were all found to weigh less on average than those commuting by car. The…