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Welsh adults warned: ‘Don’t let drink sneak up on you’
Figures from the most recent Welsh Health Survey reveal that 44 per cent of adults in Wales reported drinking above the recommended daily guidelines on at least one day in the previous week and 27 per cent reported binge drinking, meaning that they …
Prostate cancer cases in Wales ‘highest in UK’
Men in Wales are more likely to suffer from prostate cancer, startling new figures today suggest as cases of the disease have hit an all-time high. The rate of diagnosis in Wales far outstrips the rest of the UK at …
Hospital hygiene drive ‘saved 10000 lives’
The campaign, backed by the Department of Health, was introduced across the 187 acute NHS trusts in England and Wales between December 2004 and June 2005. It encouraged hospital visitors, patients and staff to wash their hands with soap or an alcohol …
New Chief Medical Officer for Wales
Dr Hussey was born in North Wales, where she lived until she went to university. She has been Regional Director of Public Health, NHS North West since 2006 and is currently seconded to the Public Health England Transition Team at the Department of …
New focus on eating disorders in NHS Wales
That’s why 1000 Lives Plus has launched a new programme of work to help improve treatment for people with eating disorders across Wales. The programme is a key part of the improvement work in mental health being introduced by the national programme, …
Campaigners want Welsh cancer fighting fund to pay for life-saving drugs
Kate Spall who fought health chiefs in North Wales for funding for her mother Pamela Northcott to have the kidney cancer drug Nexavar in 2006, has launched a new campaign – Why Not Wales – for a Welsh cancer drugs fund. She said: “In the past year I …
Bullied ‘more prone to self harm’
Children bullied during their early years are up to three times more likely to self harm than their classmates when they reach adolescence, a study suggests.
It found that half of 12-year-olds who harm themselves were frequently bullied.
The researchers are calling for more effective programmes to prevent bullying in schools.
The study is published in the British Medical Journal.
Scientific review finds no hard evidence of mobile phone damage
No convincing evidence has been revealed that mobile phones damage human health in spite of an “explosion” in research into the issue over the past decade, according to a review of scientific studies billed as the most comprehensive yet.
Experts call for greater regulation of the body modification industry
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health in Wales believes new rules should be introduced to cover all forms of body modification, including piercing, cosmetic fillers and the extreme practice of scarification. The call comes as the Welsh …
Why is mental illness regarded so differently to physical illness?
Probably the key issue is that many people are very unsure how to deal with someone suffering from a mental health condition. The advertisement is part of a campaign to de-stigmatise mental health. In Wales, the Time to Change campaign is leading in …
