Health & Wellbeing
- Evening Standard
Wes Streeting ‘delighted’ with health role just months after NHS saved his life
The Ilford North MP had a kidney removed earlier this year after he was diagnosed with cancer.
- The Telegraph
Will the new omicron variant cause severe disease or just a runny nose?
Virulence is the ability of a pathogen to wreak damage on those it infects, and it is on news of the virulence or lethality of omicron that the world now anxiously awaits. If the news is positive and the new variant turns out to be milder than earlier strains, expect the latest round of restrictions to be quickly unwound. We’ll breathe a global sigh of relief and get on with learning to live with the virus again. If, on the other hand, this variant – already thought (but not proven) to be more t
- Evening Standard
Omicron variant may already be in Northern Ireland, says health minister
Robin Swann told the Assembly that all new international arrivals into Northern Ireland will have to undergo a PCR test.
- Evening Standard
Omicron variant could be a ‘Christmas gift’, says German health expert
The Omicron variant could be a “Christmas gift” and may make the pandemic end sooner, a German clinical epidemiologist has said. Professor Karl Lauterbach, who is running to be Germany’s next health minister, said the new variant could be positive if it causes milder illness. It comes as experts in South Africa claim Omicron is causing milder symptoms than previous variants.
- Yahoo Life UK
Bad night's sleep linked to feeling 'decades older'
Poor sleep in the over 50s has been linked to more negative perceptions of ageing, which in turn can impact physical, mental and cognitive health.
- Yahoo Life UK
Teacher, 28, often 'screams out loud' due to agonising rare disease
Laura Cruz was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia, a rare chronic pain condition, earlier this year.
The GuardianUK health trusts suspend home birth services as midwives shortage deepens
‘Crisis’ in maternity care leaves expectant mothers facing difficult births in hospital or without support at home
- The Guardian
‘Long-term poisoning’: should Australia’s food safety standards consider health issues like obesity?
There are concerns the food and alcohol industry is lobbying to move labelling standards outside the health system while ministers are preoccupied with Covid
- The Guardian
‘Wellness warriors’: how Victoria’s vaccine mandate sparked divisions in progressive Brunswick
Explanations for why Brunswick’s second-dose rate is 10% or more behind the state average vary – from the younger demographic to the alternative health crowd
- Evening Standard
Health body apologises after vulnerable adult with cancer died ‘with no dignity’
The 50-year-old died ’emaciated’ days before Christmas 2018.
- Evening Standard
Prince William talks about ‘stressful conditions’ as air ambulance pilot at launch of mental health initiative
The Duke of Cambridge said he “misses the uniform” as he launched a package of mental health support across all emergency services on Thursday. Prince William, a Sandhurst graduate who flew as an Air Ambulance pilot for two years, launched the Blue Light Together initiative in London– an agreement across the emergency services to follow a set of standards for supporting the mental health of emergency workers. William gave a speech to 200 front line heroes opening up about his time in the emergency services.
- The Telegraph
John Hermon-Taylor, world expert on Crohn’s disease who devoted much of his career to researching a vaccine – obituary
John Hermon-Taylor, who has died on his 85th birthday, was a surgeon who was greatly distressed by the devastating surgery which he had to perform on patients with Crohn’s disease (CD), a long-term chronic inflammatory illness affecting the intestine, and was determined to find a better way of managing it.
- Evening Standard
William hails Mental Health at Work Commitment adopted by emergency services
The Duke of Cambridge flew helicopter rescue missions with the RAF and the charity East Anglian Air Ambulance.
- Evening Standard
How to find the best critical illness cover
Critical illness insurance could make a huge difference to your quality of life if you were to be struck down with a serious ailment, especially if it meant you were no longer able to earn a living or look after your home and family. This form of cover sits well alongside life insurance. With both sorts of policy, the pay-out can be used to clear debts and cover living expenses, either of the policyholder or of his or her dependents.
- Yahoo Life UK
Jessie J shares heartbreak of miscarriage after planning solo motherhood
Why celebrities opening up about their miscarriage experience can help break down taboos.
- The Guardian
‘Life is hardly worth living’: brain injury study reveals rugby’s mental health crisis
Players who suffered multiple concussions are at high risk, so why is a charity and not sporting authorities leading the way?
- Yahoo Life UK
Celebrity voices from beyond the grave deliver stark cancer warning
The video aims to raise awareness of the symptoms of pancreatic cancer, as well as encouraging donations.
- Yahoo Life UK
Woman experiences 49 debilitating long COVID symptoms: 'It's blighted my life for two years'
Sheren Gaulbert, 46, has experienced hair loss, numb feet, aching limbs, fatigue, headaches and more since first contracting COVID in December 2019.
- The Guardian
Liberal MP Gerard Rennick’s Facebook reposts on Covid vaccines could be ‘dangerous’, health expert says
Liberal MP Gerard Rennick’s Facebook reposts on Covid vaccines could be ‘dangerous’, health expert says. Senator’s posts of unverified claims by third parties about the effects of Covid vaccines could ‘potentially impact public confidence’, head of AusVaxSafety program says
- The Telegraph
Poor diets pose ‘major’ threat to health and planet, warns report
Progress on tackling malnutrition is "woefully inadequate", with poor diets causing increasing harm to human health and the planet, according to a new report.
- Yahoo Life UK
How many calories are your favourite festive drinks racking up?
Here's how to enjoy a Christmas cocktail without clocking up all the calories.
- Yahoo Life UK
Teen has incredibly rare condition that means he can't store fat
Dylan has been diagnosed with mandibular hypoplasia, with deafness and signs of premature ageing, which affects only 13 people worldwide.
- Evening Standard
German health expert says country ‘tilting’ towards mandatory Covid jabs
Germany is “tilting” towards mandatory Covid vaccinations but is unlikely to close its borders with the UK, a leading health expert has said. The country is suffering a surge in Covid infections and on Monday its health minister Jens Spahn warned by the end of this winter “pretty much everyone” in Germany “will have been vaccinated, recovered or died”. On Tuesday Dr Hajo Zeeb, from the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology, said the “stark warning” is what “we need at this point”.
- The Guardian
Pandemic hits mental health of women and young people hardest, survey finds
Survey also finds adults aged 18-24 and women more concerned about personal finances than other groups
- The Guardian
Housework may promote health in old age, study suggests
Researchers found chores could help prevent disease and falls, though other experts have urged caution