Wellbeing and health promotion

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

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

A study has identified a link between poor sleep and migraine attacks, suggesting improving sleep health hygiene may help.

Women face a ‘health cost gap’, spending on average £100 more a year on medical-related expenses than men, with the...

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

Three-quarters of women (74%) experience health problems at work yet their line managers too often are not trained properly to...

More than four in 10 people (43%) no longer feel the NHS is able to meet the nation’s health needs.

The NHS should trial Singapore-style ‘polyclinics’ to ease pressure on GP practices and even allow Singaporean doctors to prescribe medicines...

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

It could take as long as 50 years for the gap in healthy life expectancy between the north and south...

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

People with severe hair loss caused by alopecia areata are to get access to a new one-a-day capsule treatment on the NHS.

Academics at the University of Leicester are conducting a national, government-backed mental health and wellbeing survey, including work to gauge...

Four out of 10 women (42%) say they do not feel comfortable discussing health issues with their manager, with many...

Nearly half of people suffering from migraine (43%) try to keep their condition secret from their employer for fear of...