The latest data for England shows prescriptions for antidepressants and drugs to tackle diabetes have gone up but it also shows that doctors are giving out fewer antibiotics, according to…
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The demands of life – whether it be pressures at school or as an adult in work – can be exacting and seriously dent one’s self-esteem and confidence in how…
The recent news that police are choosing not to enforce a new law protecting children from people smoking in cars has again brought the habit into focus along with the…
‘Keep calm and carry on’ is the slogan from a British government motivational poster in 1939 in preparation for the Second World War – aimed at raising the morale of…
Quite often we can be feeling down with a nagging pain but when someone asks how we are, we tend to say fine and get on with things. But recent…
This century has led to the distracted generations, wasting hours a day checking irrelevant emails and intrusive social media accounts. And this ‘always on’ culture – exacerbated by the smart…
Adverts promoting negative body images will be banned across the Transport for London (TfL) network from next month. As part of his mayoral election manifesto, Sadiq Khan pledged to ban…
One in four people in the UK suffer from hay fever, statistics show, and the start of summer is the worst time of the year for some people. As temperatures…
Anxiety should be given more attention in mental health research, says a global review of the disorder, because it is more prevalent than thought and women, young people under 35…
Plain packaging for cigarettes can have a massive impact on health, says the World Health Organization, if it becomes a global normal. And, according to the BBC, moves to introduce…