Unhealthy diets are a major contributor to the global burden of disease. The Diet and Health Open Innovation Research Club (OIRC), coordinated by the British Nutrition Foundation, aims to bring together leaders in the field to find innovative, real-life solutions to tackle the major diet and health-related challenges we face. The UK is a global […]
Priory consultant Dr Humphrey Needham-Bennett’s autobiography about life in forensic psychiatry has been chosen by BBC Radio 4 as its Book of the Week. Written under the pen name Dr Ben Cave, ‘What We Fear Most’ pre-dates his time at Priory, and is an account of a 25-year career in prisons and secure hospitals, treating […]
A music charity with more than 25 years’ experience of working with care staff has released a new, free resource to inspire and encourage the use of music in dementia care. Music as Therapy International is a UK-registered charity which believes in the power of music to strengthen care. For more than 25 years they […]
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The Royal College of Midwives is warning that vital perinatal mental health support is on the precipice, as it launches a new ‘roadmap’ to ensure women receive the support they need and to improve perinatal mental health care in the UK. ‘Strengthening perinatal mental health’ makes for sobering reading. One in five women will experience […]
The third and final round of London community groups which will receive free sensors to monitor and tackle local air pollution have been selected. As part of the Breathe London Community Programme, 20 additional groups will have the opportunity to measure air quality, with assistance from Imperial College London researchers, in their local area. Breathe […]
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Enjoy a Sight Sanctuary Summer: New research from the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has revealed that over half (52 percent) of today’s generation play outside less than their parents did when they were young. A study of 2,000 parents of children aged four to 12 highlighted the true extent to which today’s younger generations […]
New research from the University of Aberdeen has, for the first time, found evidence that the brain controls vitamin balance in the body. Previously thought to be the duty of other organs in the body including the liver and kidneys, this is the first-time that scientists have identified a role for the brain in vitamin […]
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Reasoning skills are crucial skills in learning, academic performance, and everyday problem-solving. According to a recent study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland, improved overall diet quality and reduced consumption of red meat, as well as increased time spent in reading and organised sports enhanced reasoning skills among children over the first two school […]
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A drug being developed to combat metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease may offer new treatment hope for people with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), a form of blood cancer. The new study, led by the University of Glasgow and published in Nature Communications, focused on understanding the unique role glucose plays […]
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A study led by the University of Eastern Finland found that better physical condition and higher daily activity predicted lower levels of fatigue in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, RRMS. A lower disability rate was also associated with less fatigue. The study was published in the prestigious journal Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. Fatigue is […]
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