According to new research by the Independent Schools Health Education Unit, 4% of 12 to 13 year olds claimed they drank over 28 units every week. The results were taken from 83,724 young people across 1,100 UK primary and secondary schools. Each pupil was asked more than 100 health-related questions about their school, home and read more »

British treasure Stephen Fry is officially handed the torch, as he becomes mental health charity Mind’s new president. Fry is famed for many reasons – his acting, his comedy, his writing, his general intelligence, and his incredible ability with words. If ever there was a person who could accurately articulate the ordeal of living with read more »

According to a YouGov survey conducted on behalf of Macmillan Cancer, a large percentage of cancer patients are troubled by their current financial status, with some even sacrificing meals in a bid to save money. Cancer is a very expensive disease to treat, not only for the NHS but also for the patients themselves. As read more »

Patti Alder, professor of sociology at the University of Colorado and co-author of ‘The Tender Cut’, has spent the last 10 years studying self-harm alongside her husband Peter. According to the professors, the idea of self-harm was ‘unfathomable’ prior to 1982. It wasn’t until a student of Peter’s admitted to his own self-harming habit, that read more »

Police are investigating reports that Steven Walker, a 28 year old barman from Cumnock in Scotland, was beaten and burned to death because he was gay. Walker’s body was found on an industrial estate roadside at around 05:00 on Saturday morning. The victim is said to have endured ‘horrible injuries’ after the attacker or attackers read more »

Many mothers affected by postnatal depression (PND) are left feeling unsupported by health services and turn to online sources to provide them with much needed support. A postnatal depression scale questionnaire carried out by 4Children in Edinburgh has revealed that up to 35,000 women each year battle postnatal depression without receiving a diagnosis or any read more »

Though only a small percentage of breast cancer sufferers are male, according to research they are feeling increasingly isolated by the NHS, who gear breast cancer treatment heavily towards women. According to Kate Hunt who works for the public health sciences unit for the Medical Research Council in Glasgow, male breast cancer sufferers are finding read more »

A 2 year ongoing enquiry into UK gangs has revealed that at least 10,000 children are currently being sexually exploited by gangs. It is feared that these numbers could in fact be much higher. Officials are being urged to act now in order to stop the abuse. The report is due to be published and read more »

In true self-help book spirit,  new findings show that modern women are leaving comfortable marriages in order to pursue their ever elusive ‘true selves’.  Orphanages, jungles and spiritual retreats across the world are rife with 40-something divorcees hoping to find the purpose of their existence in tomorrow morning’s yoga class or barn-raising. Feminists might call read more »

The weather has been ‘bipolar’ this week, a neat and tidy friend has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and someone who tried to chat you up in a bar was as awkward as someone with Asperger’s. Using mental health terms as if they are clichés has become commonplace in the past few years, we hear them read more »