Mental Health forces one in six into career breaks

Research is highlighted the effects of mental health on the working population with 19% of women taken time out from their career due to mental health pressures, compared to 15% of men. The new research1 from AIG Life Limited reveals one in six (17%) employees has...

Want to live longer? Then plan your death!

People who plan their death end up living longer, a study suggests.  The research, published in BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, compared two groups of patients, all of whom were terminally ill. It found that those involved in “advance care planning” – setting out...

The millions of working days lost to poor mental health

Seventeen and a half million working days lost to poor mental health. Recently published ONS figures has shown that 17.5 million working days each year are lost due to mental health related sickness, highlighting the need for middle and senior managers to find...

Modern Brits’ teeth ‘worse than 300 years ago’

Modern Brits’ teeth are worse than they were more than three centuries ago, scientists have claimed, with skulls from the 17th century showing fewer missing teeth and less decay Researchers at Queen Mary University of London compared the teeth of modern Brits with the...

Liver cancer deaths climb by around 50% in the last decade

Liver cancer death rates have increased by around 50% in the last decade and have tripled since records began, according to the latest calculations* by Cancer Research UK. New mortality data shows that there were around 5,700 deaths from liver cancer in 2017 in the...

NHS staffing crisis putting cancer patients’ health at risk

A new survey of cancer patients suggests that their physical and mental health is being negatively impacted by current pressures on the NHS workforce. According to the survey, by Macmillan Cancer Support, nearly seven in ten (68%) people recently diagnosed with or...