Healthily survey finds cost of living crisis is hitting British women’s health hard: Women hit by the cost of living crisis are having to make difficult spending choices – at the expense of their health – a new survey has revealed. Skipping meals to save money, drinking more alcohol, lying awake worrying about food and fuel […]
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Prebiotic supplements help women reduce sugar intake by four percent, finds study: The prebiotics used in this study were galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) which increase the amount of “friendly” gut bacteria. In a paper published by the journal Nutrients, researchers from the University of Surrey set out to investigate whether prebiotic GOS can influence the food habits of 48 healthy […]
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Transforming mental health in schools and colleges: the impact of COVID-19: Royal Society of Medicine conference: Thursday 22 April, online, 10.00am to 5.30pm Clinicians, researchers, teachers, parents, and young people will gather at an online conference hosted by the Royal Society of Medicine and the mental health charity Mind on Thursday 22 April to explore how lockdown has affected mental health in our […]
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An interactive app, rest and relaxation spaces, and informal, in-person psychological support are among new ways that have been suggested to ease the stress associated with the Covid-19 pandemic on doctors and trainee medics. Doctors’ wellbeing has suffered significantly since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic according to new research from the University of Aberdeen and the Scottish Medical […]
Researchers led by a team at the University of Aberdeen have produced an app for NHS frontline workers to help them have a ‘good day’ at work. Given the increased pressure on frontline workers due to Covid-19, the app has been designed to improve work satisfaction, mental health and resilience in medical personnel who may be struggling to cope with difficult working […]
The Power of Pause: For World Mental Health Day 2020, Leah Nylander of West Coast Yoga discusses the benefits of yoga and meditation for the Hippocratic Post. As a Yoga Teacher I often hear students say, “I do Yoga for the Mind Stuff” and since the world has been in such turmoil, I have been […]
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of seasonal depression in which sufferers feel lethargic during the dark winter months, and experience relief during spring and summer. The symptoms can include feeling low and sad, losing of interest or pleasure in activities once enjoyed, oversleeping, as well as craving carbohydrates and sweet foods. So how […]
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As many of us continue to work from home during COVID-19, there’s increasing incidence of technostress and techno-overload among workers that needs to be addressed. While increased connectivity has saved millions of jobs during COVID-19 by allowing people to work safely at home, it has also exacerbated the pre-existing workplace problem of technostress. Technostress is defined […]
Spotlight on adolescent health and well-being presents key findings from 227,441 young people aged 11, 13 and 15 years in 45 countries who took part in the 2017/2018 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. Spotlight on adolescent health and well-being is divided into two volumes. Volume 1 provides an overview of the key findings highlighting important […]
The University of Greenwich is working with Goldman Sachs and the mental health charity Mind to boost the health and wellbeing support it provides to students and staff. The university is one of ten institutes across the country who are part of a new £1.5 million partnership which has launched in London. The innovative scheme […]
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