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  • Schoolchildren can lose up to 80 per cent of fitness over summer holidays

    Schoolchildren in the UK may be losing as much as 80 per cent of fitness gained during term time through inactivity over the summer holidays, according to the latest research from ukactive. In a bid to provide an accurate measure of children’s fitness, ukactive Research Institute teamed up with Premier Sport and conducted tests on…

  • Mental health outcomes unchanged in four years

    Mental health charity Gofal warns that patient outcomes in Wales have not improved since the Mental Health Measure was introduced in 2012. The Mental Health measure aims to ‘improve the treatment of people with mental health problems in Wales’ and received cross-party support.  However, Gofal’s  recent report, Snapshot 4: Three years on, showed little signs of progress. The…

  • Complementary therapies included in pregnancy guidelines

    Complementary therapy has been highlighted as potentially helpful for the management of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy and hyperemesis gravidarum, in guidelines by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The guidelines on the management of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy and hyperemesis gravidarum cite a study by FHT expert adviser, Denise Tiran, providing evidence for the efficacy…

  • Young dads’ groups successful in providing positive focus and support, new research shows

    Having a space away from stress to learn new skills alongside support and understanding is key to the success of groups for young dads, new research from Leeds Beckett University has concluded. The Supporting Young Dads report, by Dr Esmée Hanna, a researcher in the Centre for Men’s Health at Leeds Beckett was launched recently…

  • Quote of the week

    “The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.” – Helen Keller Do you have a favourite quote or saying?

  • Just under 28m in the UK affected by chronic pain

    Chronic pain affects more than 40 per cent of the UK population according to a study published in the journal BMJ Open. In a systematic review and meta-analysis of population studies researchers looked at 1737 articles published after 1990 that reported estimates of chronic pain, chronic widespread pain, fibromyalgia and chronic neuropathic pain. This was narrowed…

  • Wholegrain foods reduce the risk of disease and premature death

    Eating wholegrain foods is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease, cancer and premature mortality, according to a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies by researchers at the Imperial College London. The study set out to ‘quantify the dose-response relation between consumption of wholegrain and specific types of grains and the…

  • Quote of the week

    “Get your health from the farm, not from the pharmacy” Krysta Harden, former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture – quoted by Dr Margaret Rayman at the College of Medicine conference, ‘Food. The forgotten medicine’. Do you have a favourite quote or saying?

  • Study links air pollution with mental illness in children

    A large longitudinal cohort study, published in BMJ Open, has found an association between neighbourhood air pollution concentrations and prescribed medication for psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents in Sweden. Researchers examined the data of more than half a million children and adolescents under 18 years of age, with an average follow-up time of three and a half…

  • Brighton yoga festival 2016 bigger, more accessible, more charitable than ever

    Brighton Yoga Festival, now in its third year, moves into the city centre this summer, as a newly registered charity. After two years at St George’s Church in Kemptown, the festival’s entirely free day of yoga for everyone has expanded and will be taking over the Dome complex on 23 July 2016. Brighton Yoga Festival…

  • High potato intake linked to hypertension

    Eating a lot of potatoes is associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure (hypertension), according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. The study set out to determine whether higher intake of baked or boiled potatoes, chips or crisps is associated with incidence of hypertension by looking at data from previous…

  • Absenteeism and presenteeism costs UK workplaces £23 billion per year

    Absenteeism and presenteeism* is costing UK employers up to £23 billion per year, according to the British Dietetic Association’s Work Ready Programme Whitepaper, highlighting the importance of investing in workplace health… The British Dietetic Association (BDA), founded in 1936, is the professional association and trade union for dietitians in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It…