England cricketer Jonathan Trott, for four years the embodiment of the self-absorbed sporting hardman, has pulled out of the Ashes tour to Australia, citing depression as his ongoing problem. He…
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Tinnitus is a term that describes any sound a person can hear from inside their body rather than from an outside source. Although tinnitus is described as ‘ringing in the…
Phobias, or irrational fears, can range from a fear of something small like a spider to something massive like a flying phobia. Just recently, hypnotherapy cured a youngster whose fear…
The campaign for the British Army to stop recruiting under 18-year-olds is gaining ground but the stress and anxiety that being in warlike situations for children reaches far wider than…
Attributing food addiction as the single cause underlying the development of obesity, despite the existence of numerous other very plausible explanations, is unhelpful, particularly for those trying to live more…
It was recently reported that total expenditure on NHS Stop Smoking Services was £87.7 million, £0.5 million less than in 2011/12 when it was £88.2 million and almost £63.2 million…
A pledge by food manufacturers to cut saturated fat levels is ‘a drop in the ocean’ in the fight against obesity, a top public health expert has said. Morrisons, Subway…
Hypnotherapy can help you do almost anything when treating a phobia – even skydive faster than the speed of sound! Last year, Austrian Felix Baumgartner became the first skydiver to…
Cognitive behavioural therapy is more effective than standard care for people with hypochondria or health anxiety, say researchers writing in The Lancet recently In their study, 14% of patients given…
With over 240,000 people trying to stop smoking for 28 days, the NHS-sponsored ‘Stoptober’ campaign is proving that smoking is a habit many want to kick. But is 28 days…