Health

Cutting air pollution has been proven to lead to 'fast and dramatic' health benefits, according to scientists.Researchers said improving air quality where people live could reduce cases of heart and lung diseases by up to 40 per cent in just a few months.They studied the effects of past attempts to lower pollution and the unexpected benefits of closing factories or taking traffic off the roads.People's health can improve in as little as a week and laws to make the air cleaner save significant amounts of money on healthcare, the research found. Research found that when countries around the world have closed factories or roads, pollution has dropped and hospitalisations for lung and heart conditions went down (Pictured: People play basketball near polluting factories in Kamisu, Japan)'We knew there were benefits from pollution control, but the magnitude and relatively short time duration to accomplish them were impressive,' said Dr Dean Schraufnagel, a professor at the American Thoracic … [Read more...] about Cutting air pollution brings health benefits ‘within WEEKS’ with road and factory closures slashing rates of lung and heart diseases

Rita Ora paid an emotional tribute to her late friend Avicii at a concert held in his memory and for mental health awareness. The pair became firm friends after collaborating on smash hit Lonely Together in 2017, and Rita broke down as she performed the song at the concert in Stockholm on Thursday 20 months after his tragic suicide.  Rita who took to the stage in a chain mail outfit at the concert, grew emotional as she performed, sending out heart signals to the crowd.  Emotional: Rita Ora, 29, paid an emotional tribute to her late friend Avicii at a concert in his memory for mental health awareness in Stockholm on Thursday She later took to Instagram to thank Avicii's family for organising the event and fans for supporting the concert.   RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next I'm A Celebrity: Myles Stephenson becomes the latest star to... Camila Cabello cuts a casual yet chic figure in a shearling... Madonna has blood drawn, mixed with ozone gas … [Read more...] about Rita Ora pays emotional tribute to late friend Avicii at a concert to raise mental health awareness in Stockholm

A woman was stabbed to death at home by her boyfriend, after police and mental health teams failed to act on warning signs. Natasha Wild was subjected to mental and physical abuse leading up to her death when boyfriend Lloyd Brackenbury stabbed her in the neck at their home in Skye, Rochdale, Manchester Evening News reports. Lloyd was found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility at Manchester Crown Court  in 2017 when he was 32, and was ordered to be detained in a psychiatric hospital. He was cleared of murder. An eight-day inquest into her death in Heywood, which concluded on Wednesday, heard Lloyd was a paranoid schizophrenic. He began experiencing mental health problems when he was studying forensic science at Manchester University and became 'fixated with local gang culture'. He claimed criminals had kidnapped him, tortured him and made him kill someone. He was diagnosed at the age of 21 after he was admitted to the John Elliott mental health unit … [Read more...] about Woman killed in her own home by boyfriend after ‘mental health service failures’

Patients will have to get used to seeing a pharmacist or physiotherapist instead of a family doctor because the NHS will never overcome its chronic lack of GPs, health experts say. The NHS in England will no longer be able to care properly for patients without a major shake-up of GP services, the country’s three main health thinktanks argue in a report published on Thursday. The one in five people who attend a GP surgery because of back pain and similar issues will increasingly have to be treated by a physiotherapist, and pharmacists will issue repeat prescriptions and conduct medication reviews, as part of a drive to relieve the pressure on overworked GPs. The Royal College of GPs (RCGP) said the NHS should not to use other staff as “direct substitutes” for trained family doctors. The report by the King’s Fund, Nuffield Trust and Health Foundation says: “The shortfall in the number of GPs is so serious that it cannot be filled at all. The only way forward … [Read more...] about Shortage of GPs will never end, health experts say

One Saturday last May, Shane Heath woke up with an idea: the young serial entrepreneur would market the drink he had been sharing with friends in Venice Beach – a muddy concoction of tea, cocoa, spices and four kinds of mushrooms – to the wider world. “Over the weekend I designed the brand, ordered a minimal amount of inventory, and put up a website,” says Heath. By Tuesday, he was online selling 15-serving tins of the dry drink mix he dubbed Mud\Wtr for $30 each. Six months later, revenues exceeded six figures, he says, and with the start of the new year, “we secured a million-dollar investment fund and moved into an office in Los Angeles”. Mushrooms are having a moment. And the market goes far beyond the portobellos, shiitakes and button mushrooms you find in the produce section. Whole Foods named so-called “functional mushrooms”, used for centuries in traditional medicine, as one of the top 10 food trends of 2018. Suddenly, exotic … [Read more...] about Mushroom magic: why the latest health fad might be on to something