Leading substance abuse charity, AlcoHelp, together with medical professionals throughout the UK, are calling on the Government to put in place a series of measures to tackle alcohol misuse once and for all. Every single year alcohol costs the criminal justice system £11bn; enough to keep more than 260,000 police officers on our streets. Alcohol […]
Category: Health Campaigns
Campaign aims for less sugar in drink and food
Health experts have formed a group to campaign to reduce the amount of sugar that is placed in soft drinks and food in an effort to help slow the UK’s diabetes and obesity problems. The campaign group is called Action on Sugar and is aimed at helping educate the public so that they do not […]
Welsh health officials aim to ban the use of e-cigarettes in public places
Health officials are championing for the ban of electronic cigarettes in public places. According to (PHW) Public Health Wales, the ban will prevent the undermining of efforts meant to encourage people to stop smoking. Lack of regulation of e-cigs would lead to users not knowing if they are safe since the amount of nicotine in […]
Rupert Everett supports new international health organisation GAFFI
Rupert Everett, the acclaimed British actor, is a staunch supporter of GAFFI and wants to help them in their fight to raise awareness of a massive challenge that stretches right across the world. Fungal infections are ignored by most international health agencies and policy makers but GAFFI, Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections aims to […]
Happy Kombucha’s kefir can improve both digestion and IBS
Anybody who has an with an interest in natural health will probably already be aware of what huge benefits can be gained from probiotics. These can be found in a massive range of pills, drinks and yoghurts which are all aimed at boosting the health of our digestive system. Kefir is unique in that it […]
The Sounds of the UK: Hearing Awareness Month
Do you know the signs of hearing loss, No? Most people don’t know the initial sings that lead to hearing loss. Because of this, an infographic has been created to highlight these signs, during hearing awareness month… take a look! Most Loved Sounds Provided by Hidden Hearing
Telephone triage growing in popularity according to new survey
Telephone triage is growing as a unique way to gain access to healthcare aid according to a new survey that was conducted by Camden Health that reached out to 1,195 nurses, GPs, and practice managers. The increase is being attributed to the increase in workload brought on by NHS reforms and the new focus on […]
Diagnoses of Pancreatic cancer needs to improve outside of the emergency room
According to Pancreatic Cancer UK, a National charity, as many as 150 extra patients of pancreatic cancer would live for a year or more if the diagnoses, resulting from an emergency presentation, were reduced by 25%, and the diagnoses were instead conducted via the Two Week Wait route. 50 additional pancreatic cancer patients would live […]
HIV infections in London increase by 20% during 2012
HIV infections are prevalent among gay men in London, and sexual health workers said that gay sex and the use of high risk drugs lead to an increase in the numbers of gay men suffering from HIV infections. The current statistic from Public Health England showed that HIV infections in the capital increased by 20% […]
Meningitis B jab not to be given routinely to children
The meningitis B jab Bexsero has been excluded from the UK’s childhood immunisation programme, but its manufacturer, Novartis, said that this is not in the best interest of people. The JCVI UK didn’t recommend the vaccine because it was not able to prove its efficiency based on the UK’s current method of evaluation. In a […]