Dry January in a pandemic: why it is still the best thing you can do in the first month of 2021: Priory expert explains the week-by-week benefits: Were your hangovers getting worse anyway? It’s not a myth, he says Join the estimated 6.5 million people taking part in Dry January Ditching alcohol will benefit the […]
A quarter of UK adults cut down on drinking in January 2020. More than a quarter of UK drinkers (27%) reduced, or completely stopped, drinking in January, reveals research independent alcohol charity, Drinkaware. The study found almost three quarters (72%) of those people who said they drank less or stopped drinking in January 2020, planned […]
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First Aid for Children video featuring Emma Hammett of First Aid For Life Transcript News presenter: A hard-hitting campaign’s been launched, urging parents to learn basic first aid. Now, please be warned that Mike McCarthy’s report contains video of the new advert, which does contain pictures of a child falling from a tree. – Advert […]
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A condition that causes loss of vertigo perception and imbalance has been diagnosed in traumatic brain injury patients for the first time. In a clinical study led by researchers at Imperial College London and clinicians at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, out of 37 patients with acute traumatic brain injury (TBI), fifteen were diagnosed with a newly characterised neurological diagnosis called vestibular agnosia – a condition in the brain which results in loss of vertigo perception […]
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In the UK, the festive period accounts for the most cases of drinking to harmful levels, with binge drinking spiking on Christmas day and New Years eve. This toxic mix of a stressful year, combined with the need to escape reality if only for a few days, will give many the excuse to overindulge in […]
Surveillance of antimicrobial resistant diseases could be more challenging outside of the European Union: In a new report from the Microbiology Society, experts from around the UK explain the desperate need for long-term and ambitious funding for surveillance and research into antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The next pandemic is likely to be associated with antimicrobial resistance, […]
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Stroke in childhood and adolescence: outcome influenced by parental education and income: Children from educationally deprived, low-income families are much more likely to face long-term cognitive impairment following a stroke. Such is the main finding of a recent study conducted at MedUni Vienna’s Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine under the supervision of Lisa Bartha-Doering […]
Study finds blood alcohol levels much lower than the legal limit impair hand-eye coordination: In previous studies, eye movements and vision were only affected at blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) approaching the legal limit for driving (0.08% BAC), in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (1). New research published in The Journal of Physiology however found for the first […]
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There is considerable debate surrounding the use of cycle helmets. Do they really provide vital protection? Do they just give cyclists a false sense of security, that leads to more accidents? The eternal question is – do they really save lives? Why the controversy – do helmets save lives? Should the wearing of helmets be […]
Researchers call for the term ‘high functioning autism’ to be consigned to history. Autism researchers from the Telethon Kids Institute have called for the term ‘high functioning autism’ to be abandoned because of the misleading and potentially harmful expectations it creates around the abilities of children on the autism spectrum. In research published in the […]
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