Health & Wellbeing
- The Guardian
Long Covid clinic wait times blow out to five months as Australia’s health experts call for national approach
Hospitals across the country are bracing for increased demand for specialised treatment and rehabilitation after winter Omicron wave
- The Guardian
Weighing up how calorie counting affects health
Letters: Prof W Stroebe sheds light on weight loss, calorie restriction and staying healthy. Plus letters from Simon Cooper, Laura Marcus, David Chan and Avril Levi
- The Telegraph
Meditation app Calm cuts 20pc of staff as Covid mental health boom cools
A meditation app founded by a British entrepreneur has slashed 20pc of jobs as the Covid-fuelled boom for mental health technologies cools.
- Yahoo Life UK
How much water do you need to drink a day?
The amount you need to stay hydrated, according to experts.
- Evening Standard
Charles praises ‘resilience’ of young people in mental health message
The Prince of Wales said disruptions caused by the pandemic ‘have the potential to be devastating in their impact on young people’s wellbeing’.
- The Guardian
Rise in popularity of anal sex has led to health problems for women
Incontinence, bleeding and STIs among the consequences, say two surgeons, who want doctors to have open chats with patients on the topic
Women's Health UKCould this be the best wellness festival of 2022? Here's everything you need to know
The Live Well x Hydrow Festival of Whole Health will take place this September. Here's everything you need to know, including tickets and prices.
- Yahoo Life UK
Gloria Hunniford reveals lasting trauma of fall: 'I've had nightmares about the impact'
The TV and radio presenter, 82, suffered a broken eye socket that kept her housebound for weeks.
- The Telegraph
Six ways rising temperatures could affect your health
As we enter the second heatwave of the summer, we’re more clued up on how to look after our health in the short-term, taking care to avoid heat-stroke and dehydration. However, the perils of the hot spell won’t be over when the weather breaks. As changes in our climate become permanent – forecasters predict we could have a 40-degree spell every three years – scientists are now warning us of the longer-term effects of climate change on our wellbeing.
- The Telegraph
Ed Slater: Gloucester helped me out of 'dark place' after motor neurone disease diagnosis
Ed Slater has praised Gloucester for lifting him out of a dark place after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease.
- Yahoo Life UK
What is polio? Vaccine update plus signs and symptoms of the infection
As children under 10 are now to be offered polio boosters due to signs of it returning to the UK, a look at the infection and how it might present in more detail.
- Yahoo Life UK
Olivia Newton-John, Samantha Womack and celebs who have shared their breast cancer story
These 10 stars are among those who have gone public with their experience of the cancer.
- Yahoo Life UK
12 expert-approved weight loss tips good for your body and mind
If you want to lose weight this summer, or any time, make sure you do it healthily with these expert-approved tips.
- The Guardian
‘Not honest’: new health minister dismisses Coalition election claim that bulk billing had hit 88%
Exclusive: ‘Primary care is in its worst shape since Medicare began,’ Mark Butler says amid taskforce review of Medicare system
- The Guardian
Ashton Kutcher ‘lucky to be alive’ after autoimmune disease left him blind and deaf
Actor says he was diagnosed with vasculitis two years ago but has recovered and the ordeal made him strong
- Yahoo Life UK
What is vasculitis? Ashton Kutcher's autoimmune disease explained
Ashton Kutcher revealed his battle with vasculitis, a rare autoimmune disease
- Evening Standard
What is vasculitis? Symptoms and causes of the rare autoimmune disease that Ashton Kutcher had
The Two and a Half Men actor said he was “lucky to be alive”
- Yahoo Life UK
How to check for breast cancer symptoms and detect the condition early
Following the death of Olivia Newton-John who lived with cancer for 30 years, a look at how to check your breasts for symptoms of the condition.
- The Guardian
‘Inhumane detention’: doctors for Australian jailed in Iraq warn Albanese government of his dire health
‘I fear that Australia will in short time be repatriated with the corpse of Mr [Robert] Pether’, say doctors of imprisoned engineer
- The Guardian
Climate impacts have worsened vast range of human diseases
More than half of human diseases caused by pathogens have been aggravated by hazards associated with climate change, study finds
- Evening Standard
What is motor neurone disease and what causes it? Ed Slater diagnosed at 33
He has retired from rugby with immediate effect following his diagnosis.
- The Guardian
New hope for children at risk of New Zealand’s most iniquitous disease
Potentially deadly, rheumatic fever has been eradicated in most of the developed world. Fresh research may help New Zealand finally follow suit
- The Guardian
The drugs don’t work (and other mental health myths)
Our attitudes to mental health are changing but much of the stigma that surrounds conditions such as schizophrenia remains – along with some enduring and often damaging untruths
- The Guardian
Monkeypox showing signs of plateauing in UK, say health officials
Health Security Agency warns against complacency despite figures suggesting outbreak has slowed
- The Guardian
Splendour in the Grass attenders told to monitor for symptoms of meningococcal disease after Sydney man’s death
Music festival organisers say they are notifying patrons after two infections reported in people who visited Byron Bay site
- Evening Standard
Health Secretary ‘must take more action on monkeypox or it will become endemic’
The World Health Organisation last month declared a global emergency but British authorities have called for calm.