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UK A&Es seeing 'drunk children'
Posted: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:29
Nearly 300 children aged 11 or under were admitted to A&E units across the UK last year after drinking too much, a BBC Radio 5 live investigation shows.
Revealing UK-wide data for the first time, it... Read More »
Secondhand smoke causes 800 child visits a day to GP's
Posted: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:07
Around 800 children a day in England visit a GP because of their exposure to secondhand smoke, claims a new campaign launched by Public Health England (PHE).
The Government's campaign warning of the dangers... Read More »
Children of obese women 'have higher heart risk'
Posted: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:19
Keeping a healthy weight during pregnancy is important for mother and child. Children born to obese and overweight mothers are more likely to die early of heart disease, a study has found.
Scottish research... Read More »
Call for rules on hospital vending machines in England
Posted: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:01
Hospital vending machines in England contain too many high-calorie snacks, and guidelines should be introduced to make them healthier, says a cancer prevention charity.
A World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF)... Read More »
Obesity Warning for British Children
Posted: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:38
Children face serious health problems in later life because they are not eating enough fruit and vegetables and are not doing enough exercise, the British Heart Foundation has warned.
Teenagers seem to... Read More »
Children's caffeine intake 'should be controlled'
Posted: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:20
Tighter controls are needed to prevent children consuming high-caffeine energy drinks, a BBC investigation has heard.
Professor Mike Lean, an expert in nutrition, said children should be banned from buying... Read More »
Over-90s defying mental decline
Posted: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:09
Old people are defying expectations
Today's 90-year-olds are surviving into very old age with better mental performance than ever before, Danish research suggests.
People born in 1915 scored higher in cognitive... Read More »
NHS 'heading for £30bn funding gap'
Posted: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:41
The NHS in England needs to take urgent decisions about reorganising hospital and GP care to avoid a growing funding gap, according to its leaders.
In a report, NHS England warns that by 2020-21 the gap... Read More »
Robots to help people with dementia in Western Isles
Posted: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:19
NHS Western Isles is putting robots into the homes of people with dementia as part of a pilot scheme to help them to continue to live independently.
A relative or carer - potentially hundreds of miles away... Read More »
Active brain 'keeps dementia at bay'
Posted: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 10:12
Keeping mentally active by reading books or writing letters helps protect the brain in old age, a study suggests.
A lifetime of mental challenges leads to slower cognitive decline after factoring out dementia's... Read More »
