Tag: Health
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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‘Calls to curb cosmetic surgery sales techniques‘ (Department of Health) People want to see tighter restrictions around the cosmetic surgery industry in a bid to protect patients from some of the more aggressive sales techniques according to an interim report published today by the NHS Medical Director, Sir Bruce Keogh’s review into cosmetic interventions. Suggestions…
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The Prince of Wales calls for a broader definition of health HRH The Prince of Wales has called for society to embrace a broader and more complex concept of health. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, The Prince describes a vision of health that includes the physical and social environment, education,…
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Noroviruses are Britain’s most common cause of infectious gastroenteritis, also known as “winter vomiting disease” or “stomach flu”. – NHS Choices Along with the joyous holiday festivities of Christmas, winter is the season for cold, flu and the dreaded norovirus or ‘sickness bug’. According the Health Protection Agency’s latest figures, the 2012 norovirus outbreak is already…
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Fitness faux pas risks spread of infection UK exercisers are putting their health at risk as we head into the ‘cold and flu season’ due to their lack of understanding about good gym hygiene, according to new figures released today by Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity. The new research on Fitness Etiquette reveals…
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Entries now open for College of Medicine 2013’s Michael Pittilo Student Essay Award The College of Medicine has today announced details about its 2013 Michael Pittilo Essay Award, which is open to all UK students studying a healthcare subject at undergraduate level or above, including medicine, midwifery, nursing and voluntary* or statutory regulated CAM therapies,…
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Jeremy Hunt talks about NHS reforms and his priorities as Health Secretary At the recent NHS Alliance 2012 Conference – The Road to Integration, Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, talked to delegates about his views on the NHS reforms, and his four main priorities: improving dementia care; improving survival rates for killer diseases; investing…
