Pregnant women should be offered more than two ultrasounds during pregnancy, experts say. Currently, mothers-to-be are only routinely offered scans on the NHS twice — once at around the 12-week mark and another after about 20. But women should actually get up to seven, sonographers claim. Kate Richardson, from The Birth Company, a private clinic on … Read more
Common illnesses ranging from sciatica, Fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions can be triggered by human emotions, leading researchers have suggested. Georgie Oldfield MCSP, from Huddersfield, who runs SIRPA, a company set up in 2010 to teach health professionals and coaches to help individuals to tackle the underlying causes of chronic pain and other persistent … Read more
Coughs that won’t go away may be one infection after another, after social distancing weakened the nation’s immunity, a royal college has warned. Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairman of the Royal College of GPs, said doctors have observed that the current round of respiratory infections seems to be lasting longer than usual. The RCGP’s surveillance shows … Read more
NHS: Thousands of nurses across England strike in dispute over pay The Independent UK nurses stage new walkout as strike wave intensifies New York Post U.K. nurses stage two-day walkout CBS News Exhausted and struggling to pay bills, British nurses go on strike Reuters.com View Full Coverage on Google News
U.K. nurses stage two-day walkout CBS News UK nurses stage new walkout as strike wave intensifies The Associated Press – en Español WION Dispatch: Nurses in UK launch fresh strikes, thousands of patients to be hit by disruptions WION Exhausted and struggling to pay bills, British nurses go on strike Reuters UK View Full Coverage on Google News
GPs should wean patients off antidepressants to ease withdrawal symptoms and help reduce the millions reliant on the drugs, new guidelines suggest. NHS watchdog Nice said adults who wanted to stop taking antidepressants should have doses reduced in stages, as opposed to going ‘cold turkey’. Experts hope that easing people off the pills over time … Read more
Vegan babies could be at risk of serious health problems, dietitians have warned, after the NHS published advice on the diet in infants. The NHS Start for Life website, which provides guidance for new parents, now includes a section about vegan and vegetarian babies. It recommends that infants on a vegan diet may need vitamin … Read more
The emergence of a new, ‘highly infectious’ Covid variant — responsible for more than 40 per cent of cases in the U.S., where hospitalisations reached more than 40,000 a day in December — is a grim reminder that the pandemic is far from over. This comes as concerns rise about the effects of China’s reversal … Read more
The simple 5-minute breathing exercise that will keep you happy (and it’s even better than mindfulness!) Participants practiced one of three daily breathing exercises for five minutes Their moods were measured using the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Cyclic hyperventilation breath exercises saw the largest increase in positivity By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline … Read more
Exercising won’t help you lose weight on its own, one of the country’s leading experts has sensationally claimed. Professor Tim Spector, a prolific dietary researcher and author, accepted that working out is ‘great’ for your overall health, especially your heart. He even insisted that ‘we should all do it’. But in terms of losing weight, … Read more