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A workplace physiotherapy provider has urged employers to promote activities to improve workers' bone health.

A quarter (25%) of UK workers in ‘standing roles’, jobs like hairdressing, retail and hospitality, spend eight hours or more...

More than two-thirds (69%) of Universal Credit claimants have mental or behavioural health disorders, and nearly half (48%) have musculoskeletal...

NHS hospital costs could be reduced by as much as £15bn a year if half of the UK’s inactive adult...

Fewer middle-aged people are dying from cancer in the UK than at any point over the last 25 years, a study has suggested.

Being vaccinated against Covid-19 can substantially reduce the risk of heart failure and blood clots associated with the virus, according...

A health and safety charity has called for immediate action to help prevent more silicosis cases in the UK.

Even walking just 2,200 steps daily can help to reduce the health risks from overly sedentary lifestyles – but this...

The government has launched a spring campaign to encourage people aged over 40 to get their blood pressure checked.
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Fewer NHS England staff are experiencing musculoskeletal problems or feeling unwell due to work-related stress, the 2023 staff survey finds.

A group of health workers with long Covid who believe they caught the virus at work are taking their claim...

More than one billion people in the world are now living with obesity, research has found, with obesity among adults...

Long Covid can have an ‘objectively measurable’ impact on brain function and ability for a year or even longer, research...

Leaky blood vessels in the brain could be what cause the ‘brain fog’ often associated with long Covid, new research...

Line managers can make all the difference in bringing an employee with long Covid back to work, a new guide from SOM says.