The suicide rate in England rose 6% last year compared with 2022, official figures have shown.
The data from the...
Nic Paton
Nic Paton
Nic Paton is consulting editor of OHW+. One of the country's foremost workplace health journalists, Nic has written for OHW+ and Occupational Health & Wellbeing since 2001, and edited the magazine from 2018.
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Potentially lethal heart rhythm disturbances – ventricular arrhythmias – are more likely to occur in the morning, when people awake...
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Researchers are looking for adults with long-term physical health conditions, including stroke, to test a mental health support platform.
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Thousands of people worried about the risk of early or young-onset dementia are to be offered pioneering new blood tests.
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Cases of prostate cancer worldwide are set to surge by 2040, research has suggested, doubling from 1.4 million to 2.9...
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Nearly two-thirds (63%) of people with the skin condition vitiligo struggle with their mental health, according to a survey.
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There are millions of ‘silent spreaders’ of tuberculosis across the world – and researchers have taken a step closer to identifying them.
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Teaching is in the grip of a “mental health emergency”, a union has warned, with teachers turning to antidepressants, alcohol and self-harm.
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Giving out free e-cigarette ‘starter packs’ in hospital emergency departments to people who smoke can help them quit, a study has concluded.
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Exercising at least twice a week can significantly cut the risk of insomnia, research across Europe has suggested.
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The nation’s health is in significant decline and regional health inequalities are soaring, worrying new research has suggested.
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Nearly half of the 3,700 Parliamentary staff employed by MPs experienced clinical stress similar to that of emergency service workers...
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A quarter of women working in UK offices feel they been shamed or pressured to return to work early when...
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Researchers are working to develop the world’s first vaccine against lung cancer, building on the ground-breaking Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
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Travel-associated mosquito-borne infections are returning to pre-pandemic levels, the UK government has warned.
Latest data from the UK Health Security...