Only 53% of people are happy with how the health service is run, this is the lowest levels since 2007. Public satisfaction with NHS is run, the lowest level for a decade despite Theresa May’s £20.5 billion a year funding boost. Barely half of the people surveyed are happy with how the NHS runs, it…
A study in Scotland has looked at medicines given to people with bipolar disorder from 2009 to 2016 to see if they has been any changes in describing patterns. People with bipolar experience extreme moods with episodes of feeling low and then feeling really high. Treatment can be complex and usually takes place in hospital…
According to a study adolescents are more likely to feel depressed and are less likely to get a full nights sleep now than 10 years ago. However smoking, alcohol and anti-social behaviour were less common for 14-year-olds in 2015 than in 2005. The University College London researchers said factors behind mental health may be changing….
A ban on junk food advertising across London’s entire public transport network has come into force. Posters for food and drink that are high in fat, sugar and salt will begin to be removed from the underground, buses and bus shelters. Some adverts for unhealthy food could remain on the network for a while as…
The flu vaccine is proving to be more effective in children than in adults in the UK. The nasal spray vaccine is 87% more effective in children aged two to 17 against the main circulating flu strain, influenza A(H1N1)pmd09, Public Health England data indicates. Meanline the flu vaccine is 39% effective against the same strain…
One in 13 young people in England and Wales experiences post-traumatic stress disorder by the age of 18. A study of more than 2,000 18-year-olds found nearly a third had experienced trauma in childhood. A quarter of these then developed PTSD which can cause insomnia, flashbacks and feelings of isolation. Researchers say many young people…
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