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    Link between how old you look and age-related health issues

    by Nic Paton 16 Jan 2023
    by Nic Paton 16 Jan 2023

    How old you look could be a window into your risk of age-related health issues, research has suggested.

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    Long Covid will often resolve itself within a year, study argues

    by Nic Paton 13 Jan 2023
    by Nic Paton 13 Jan 2023

    People who experience long Covid following only a mild bout of Covid-19 are likely to see their symptoms resolve within a year.

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    Millions still reporting long Covid, but numbers may be stabilising

    by Nic Paton 6 Jan 2023
    by Nic Paton 6 Jan 2023

    Millions of often working-age people across the UK are still experiencing long-term, potentially debilitating, health symptoms following a Covid-19 infection...

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    Report highlights low confidence in UK’s healthcare system

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Jan 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Jan 2023

    Six in 10 have been 'dismissed' by a healthcare professional, according to research that finds low confidence in the UK's healthcare system.

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    Long Covid therapy reports ‘exciting’ results

    by Nic Paton 19 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 19 Dec 2022

    A rehabilitation programme based on a gradual or paced increase in physical activity has shown “exciting” results in helping people...

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    Three-quarters of low-paid workers ‘cannot afford’ to be sick

    by Nic Paton 16 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 16 Dec 2022

    Three-quarters of low-paid workers feel they cannot afford to take sick leave, according to a survey by shopworkers’ union Usdaw....

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    Quarter of people with COPD wait five years for diagnosis

    by Nic Paton 12 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 12 Dec 2022

    Nearly one in four people with the lung condition Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is waiting a staggering five years...

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    Pandemic led to ‘devastating’ record rise in alcohol-related deaths

    by Nic Paton 9 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 9 Dec 2022

    There were a record number of deaths from alcohol-specific causes in the UK last year, latest data has shown.

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    Quarter of working-age people with long Covid not in work

    by Nic Paton 5 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 5 Dec 2022

    ONS data shows long Covid is leading to a surge of people falling out of work, taking early retirement or on long-term sick leave.

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    ‘Taskforce’ model to tackle cancer, obesity, mental health and addiction

    by Nic Paton 5 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 5 Dec 2022

    The government intends to apply the lessons from the fast-track development of the Covid-19 vaccines to tackling some of the UK’s other pressing health challenges.

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    Two in five with less visible disabilities hiding health from employer

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Dec 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Dec 2022

    Research finds 43% of people with a less visible disability have avoided telling their employer about it, which could be exacerbating their health condition.

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    Warnings over patients unable to afford sick leave or eye tests

    by Nic Paton 28 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 28 Nov 2022

    The cost-of-living crisis is causing people to refuse fit or sick notes from their GPs because they cannot afford to...

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    OH overlooked in call for better support for black people with mental illness

    by Nic Paton 28 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 28 Nov 2022

    More innovative approaches need to be used to communicate the benefits of regular physical health checks for people with severe mental illness from Black African and Caribbean communities, a report has suggested.

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    Work-related Covid infections up a third, HSE analysis suggests

    by Nic Paton 25 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 25 Nov 2022

    More than 100,000 workers went down with Covid-19 in the past year which they believed they contracted in the workplace,...

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    How an ‘Empowerment Passport’ can enable disability and neurodiversity adjustments

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Nov 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Nov 2022

    The creator of an 'Empowerment Passport' explains how her document can help employees and organisations with reasonable adjustments.

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