Disability

The government is being urged to oversee greater investment in occupational health to prevent long-term sickness.

As many as 3.7 million people are struggling with a ‘work-limiting’ health condition that restricts the type or amount of...

Doctors and nursing bodies have urged the government to recognise Covid-related complications as occupational diseases for health workers.

Here are five ways that an employer can support an employee with persistent or chronic pain.

Charities and the NHS are collaborating on a project to gauge whether blood tests can be used to help diagnose...

An NHS drive to roll out blood-thinning drugs to people with atrial fibrillation (AF) has prevented almost 17,000 strokes, according...

Only two in three employees with a disability or long-term health condition say their employer does all they can to support them at work.

A clinical trial is set to test whether Covid-19 drug remdesivir may also be able to alleviate or even cure the symptoms of long Covid.

Long-term sickness is driving more women and young men especially out of the workforce, SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine,...

Long Covid can cause damage to multiple organs, with the lungs especially likely to show abnormalities, according to research.
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Millions of people are living with a combination of chronic pain and mental health symptoms, according to research.
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People with heart failure are being left at risk of dying because of a 90-day “wait-and-see” policy on fitting implantable...

The UK Health Security Agency has urged students to make sure they have been fully vaccinated against meningitis and other diseases.

Scientists have identified 11 key risk factors for dementia in later life, including age, education and deprivation but also health...

A study is underway to try to understand why people with sleep apnoea are more likely to die from heart...