Study suggests smoking-related deaths can be reduced if people attending lung cancer screening are offered stop-smoking support.
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Nearly a quarter of working-age adults will have been diagnosed with a major illness by 2040, a health think-tank has...
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Why the link between musculoskeletal and mental health should be considered when developing workplace health support programmes.
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Waiting times for processing benefits and government compensation claims for mesothelioma patients have doubled within a year.
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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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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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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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Allowing self-referral into physiotherapy schemes before staff become too sick to work can significantly reduce sickness absence.
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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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London Underground employees working in areas exposed to higher levels of fine dust also tend to report more episodes of...
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A workplace physiotherapy provider has urged employers to promote activities to improve workers' bone health.
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A quarter (25%) of UK workers in ‘standing roles’, jobs like hairdressing, retail and hospitality, spend eight hours or more...