Health & Wellbeing
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Children's mental health is in crisis. Here's how you can help
Children and teens have been badly affected by pandemic pressures. Parents can help lighten the load.
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Nurse drops five dress sizes thanks to fear of COVID in hospital
The intensive care nurse worried her weight put her more at risk of dying from COVID.
- Evening Standard
NI health service about to ‘topple over’ without action, Michelle O’Neill warns
The deputy First Minister and First Minister Paul Givan visited the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast on Tuesday morning.
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Women aged 18-25 urged to check breasts for cancer
Around 5,000 women under the age of 45 are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK.
- The Guardian
‘We are absolutely in crisis’: Sydney’s health workers on whether the system is coping under Covid
‘We are absolutely in crisis’: Sydney’s health workers on whether the system is coping under CovidSydney health professionals are reporting a lack of staff and have blunt messages for the NSW premier and PM Currently, there are 1,207 active Covid-19 cases in NSW hospitals with 236 requiring support in intensive care units (ICUs) Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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Call for ‘new deal’ for England’s children as poll shows mental health concerns
Call for ‘new deal’ for England’s children as poll shows mental health concernsChildren’s commissioner urges funds for school catchup and hails ‘heroic generation’ after Big Ask survey Pupils at a school in Stalybridge this month. Education leaders have called for upwards of £5.8bn over the next three years for schools catchup. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images
The TelegraphIs the trend for fortified food really good for our health?
Soon your morning slice of toast will be medicine as well as food. After a two-year consultation, the Government has announced all white and brown flours in Britain must be boosted with folic acid – a manufactured version of vitamin B9 or folate.
- The Telegraph
Twice as many girls as boys are worried about their own mental health
Twice as many girls as boys are unhappy with their mental health, a landmark survey has found.
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How to live to 100 (and beyond): Why Iris Apfel is leading the centenarian charge
The secrets of making your 100th birthday, according to 100 year olds and science
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Gut health gamechanger: the specialist behind four new classes of medicines
Gut health gamechanger: the specialist behind four new classes of medicines. For metabolic disease expert Daniel Drucker, seeing ‘the next generation bloom’ is vital if work on new therapies is to continue apace
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Why Holly is the new Gwyneth! Fans in a frenzy as she launches woman-power lifestyle site Wylde Moon
Holly's new venture is sure to thrill fans
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UK psychiatry chief urges funds to tackle mental health backlog
UK psychiatry chief urges funds to tackle mental health backlogPandemic has had catastrophic impact and risks wiping out years of progress, college leader warns About 1.5 million people received NHS mental health support in June. Photograph: Thianchai Sitthikongsak/Getty Images
- Evening Standard
More cash needed for 1.6m suffering mental illness during pandemic – experts
The Royal College of Psychiatrists said the pandemic had been ‘catastrophic’ for mental health.
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‘Exhausted’ health workers in England vote to oppose Government’s 3% pay rise
Inflation has already wiped out the wage rise NHS workers received, said Unison.
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Number of children in A&E with serious mental health issues jumps 50 per cent since start of pandemic
The number of children who go to A&E with serious mental health issues has jumped by more than 50 per cent since the coronavirus pandemic began, after school closures pushed youngsters to crisis point, a Telegraph investigation has revealed.
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Health ‘levelling up’ will flop if cuts are not reversed, Javid told
Health ‘levelling up’ will flop if cuts are not reversed, Javid told. Exclusive: Ministers must restore public health funding after decade of cuts, world expert Michael Marmot to say
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Amy Schumer reveals she has had her uterus removed due to painful endometriosis
The actress has previously opened up about her battle with the condition.
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Katherine Ryan opens up about double miscarriage heartbreak
"The second time I really couldn’t see any positives."
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Chrissy Teigen reveals how her body is 'stuck' following pregnancy loss
"I would be lying if I said this did not majorly suck."
- Evening Standard
Breast cancer drug ‘found to reduce risk of disease progression’
The trial involving around 500 patients at multiple sites in Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America.
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Case of mad cow disease confirmed on Somerset farm
Millions of cattle were culled in the UK in the 1990s during a BSE epidemic.
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‘I couldn’t wait’: Britons without health insurance on why they paid to go private
‘I couldn’t wait’: Britons without health insurance on why they paid to go privateAs a leading private hospital operator returns to profit, patients explain why they chose to pay for treatmentPrivate hospitals profit from NHS waiting lists Surgeons operating on patient. Photograph: UpperCut Images/Alamy
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'The scariest time of our lives': Lucy Mecklenburgh and Ryan Thomas reveal shocking baby trauma
Baby Roman turned blue and was rushed to hospital.
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Sajid Javid promises health shake-up to fight ‘disease of disparity’
Sajid Javid promises health shake-up to fight ‘disease of disparity’Minister says ‘levelling up’ efforts will start with redressing imbalance in healthcare servicesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Sajid Javid during a visit to the Grange community centre in Blackpool on Thursday. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
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Thousands of unvaccinated French health workers suspended from work
Around 3,000 unvaccinated health workers have been suspended from their jobs by the French government. It comes as the Italian government announced some of the strictest anti-COVID measures in the world, making it obligatory for all workers either to show proof of vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from infection. Any worker who fails to present a valid health certificate will be suspended on no pay, but cannot be sacked.
- The Guardian
From crackpot Covid theorists to antivaxxers, hubris and fear haunt the wellness community
From crackpot Covid theorists to antivaxxers, hubris and fear haunt the wellness communityThe randomness of illness is far too frightening for many to contemplate – so they rely on a fiction they’re special and can control their bodies ‘There is the belief that we can control our bodies and that a powerful natural immune system is the best defence against Covid, not a vaccine.’ Photograph: Lisa-Blue/Getty Images