The National Institute for Health and Clinical Experience (Nice) is working on guidelines to prompt doctors in England to attempt to try to talk women out of wanting a caesarean operation to deliver their baby if they have concerns about giving birth naturally. Despite a quarter of all births already being carried out by caesarean, read more »

Macau, one of two special administrative regions of the PR of China, along with Hong Kong is in the midst of a gambling craze, which has raised fears among some people about the problem of addiction there. Gambling has been legal in Macau for more then 150 years, but in the last decade it has read more »

A conference, organised by the Church of Scotland’s Simpson House counselling service, for Edinburgh’s counselling professionals has been held in the city to discuss public sector cuts, drug addiction, alcohol misuse and affordable housing. It allowed professionals the platform to speak about their experiences and share best practice when helping some of the city’s most read more »

New research suggests that counselling and exercise could help to reverse the effects of the chronic fatigue syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). A groundbreaking study, funded by The Medical Research Council, revealed that 60 per cent of the sufferers of the condition improved significantly if they were put on a customised exercise programme or were offered read more »

Plans are to be announced by the Department of Health for a system to be put into place to offer women independent counselling before committing themselves to having an abortion. The move is designed to give women more ‘breathing space’, according to pro-life campaigners and could result in as many as 60,000 fewer terminated pregnancies read more »