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  • Natural England’s report highlights equal access to the natural environment

    A new report published by Natural England looks at how five different social groups engage with the natural environment in England, including people living in urban deprived areas; the elderly (65+); those with physical disabilities or mental health illness; and people from black, Asian and minority ethnic [BAME] communities. Natural England is committed to increasing…

  • Everybody Knows Somebody…. with an eating disorder Around 2,000 people at a top premier league club home game will have an eating disorder… …11 passengers on a jumbo jet…Over 200,000 people in Greater London Eating disorders affect 1.6million people in the UK. 1 in 39 people – that’s 2.6% of the population who have an eating disorder.…

  • Low-Energy Liquid Diet Offers Effective Weight-Loss For Severely Obese People

    The NHS’s weight-loss programme for severely obese individuals – individuals with a BMI greater than 40 – is not a commercial product, but rather a support system for individuals who would otherwise be facing gastric surgery and also those that need assistance losing weight prior to being deemed eligible for surgery. A new weight-loss programme available on the…

  • 2013 National Osteoporosis Society Research Grants Round

    The 2013 National Osteoporosis Society Research Grants Round is accepting applications. Up to £250,000 is available to fund projects which clearly demonstrate potential benefits to people with or at risk of osteoporosis and are in line with our research strategy and priorities. Grants available: Linda Edwards Memorial PhD Studentship – Maximum of £25,000 per annum for up to four…

  • A recent study carried out by researchers at the University of California has found that getting more sleep may reduce memory loss. The experiments in this complex study have suggested that age-related shrinking in a specific part of the brain (the prefrontal cortex) is linked to impairment in older adults’ abilities to remember new information,…

  • Starting on February 4, for one week only, Nike are inviting you to their Supercharge Week, a body toning timetable of Training Club classes held all over the capital; all absolutely free, and all absolutely brilliant. (via http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/news-features/TMG9836257/Sign-up-to-Nikes-Training-Club.html) Image: Nike

  • Medical benefits of holidays revealed for the first time  The positive impact of holidays on health has been measured in a ground-breaking study published this week. The Holiday Health Experiment was conducted by tour operator Kuoni and Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity between summer and autumn 2012, revealing how holidays may help us…

  • This week, an American research study reported on the dangers of health apps, as many use smartphones and tablets to diagnose. The Guardian reports: This week a research paper published in the Archives of Dermatology looked at four smartphone apps designed to help people diagnose their skin lesions as benign moles or melanomas. It showed…

  • A study by researchers at University of Bristol and Brunel University, London, and funded by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC), the Wellcome Trust and the University of Bristol has reported that many could choose not to use deodorant. The researchers found that which variant of the rs17822931 SNP people had was associated with how…

  • A recent study from the University of South Carolina and the University of North Carolina, reports that Tweeting may aid weight loss. The researchers point out that actively using Twitter was associated with greater weight loss, and that participants mainly used Twitter to provide “informational support”, largely in the form of status updates. They argue…

  • Cervical Cancer Prevention Week – 20th-26th January 2013

    What All Women Need To Know Cervical cancer has attracted much media attention in recent years, largely because of Jade Goody’s sad death from the disease in 2009 – but have we learned enough? In the run up to Cervical Cancer Prevention Week later this month, 20% of women in the UK still fail to attend…

  • Recent research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), has stirred up media interest and caused debate among health professionals as its findings indicate that those who are slightly overweight live longer than those who are within a BMI “healthy weight”. Further reading on this topic:The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)…