Tag: Health
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Dementia Awareness Week
This year’s Dementia Awareness Week takes place from 15 – 21 May. The Alzheimer’s Society is encouraging people who are worried about dementia to confront their worries by addressing dementia directly and going to the Alzheimer’s Society for information and support. In an article by Nicolle Mitchell, FHT Member and Excellence in Practice award winner, she explains how a combination of…
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Almost half of us experience a ‘life crisis’
Almost half (44 per cent) of the British public have either had or are going through a ‘life crisis’, a poll recently commissioned by The Open University reveals. To help people restore their personal balance, The Open University is urging people to discover their ‘Plan P – their ‘Passion Plan’ – and realise their unfulfilled ambitions.…
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Hormone and neurotransmitter systems disturbed in alcoholics’ brains
The brain tissue of people with alcohol dependence shows a variety of changes compared to non-alcoholics. All alcoholics’ brains share some characteristics, but some are exclusive to the brain tissue of anxiety-prone type 1 alcoholics or impulsive type 2 alcoholics, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland. The researchers analysed postmortem…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
