Thursday (1st Decemeber) is World AIDS Day, a day intended to spread awareness and reduce the stigma of a virus which is one of the worlds biggest killers. HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a virus that aggressively attacks the body’s immune system, eventually rendering it completely unable to fight off any diseases. Advances in read more »

Yesterday morning Wales’s national team manager Gary Speed was found dead at the Huntington home he shared with his wife and two children. Sources have said the 42-year-old was found hanged. Tributes have been pouring in from friends and fans up and down the country, with former teammates Alan Shearer, Ryans Giggs and Robbie Savage, read more »

A sculpture that has recently been erected in central London hopes to help city workers let go of their stresses and strains. American artist James Yamada has tried to explore the relationship between light and the human mind in his new work – The Summer Shelter Retreats Darkly Among The Trees. Science reporter Matt McGrath read more »

According to the results of a year long enquiry commissioned by leading mental health charity Mind, the mental health services on offer to some of society’s most vulnerable people are not fit for purpose, reports The Independent. The study, which compiled evidence from 400 patients has revealed that some seriously ill patients were subjected to read more »

According to Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, director of the University of Cambridge’s Autism Research Centre, people who work with numbers are more likely to have autistic children. Autism is characterised by both a lack of empathy and a tendency to ‘hyper-systemise’. ‘Hyper-systemising’ is the practice of creating patterns, coupled with the often obsessive desire to understand read more »

Today Bristol hosts the annual conference for the Girl’s Schools Association (GSA), where discussions are set to take place concerning the standards of modern parenting. Dr Helen Wright, president of the GSA, said there must be something ‘intensely wrong’ with society if parents are letting their young children wear provocative clothing such as bikinis, mini skirts, high-heels read more »

Veterans mental health charity Combat Stress is using art therapy to help war veterans recover from conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Painting, sculpting and drawing are just a few of the activities used to help patients manage symptoms associated with the above conditions. According to trauma specialist and Combat Stress read more »

According to a recent long term Australian study of almost 2,000 adolescents, an estimated one in twelve people in their teenage years self-harm. The study, which has been published in medical journal the Lancet involved repeatedly surveying 2,000 Australian adolescents over a 15 year period. The researchers found that depression, anxiety, heavy drinking and cannabis read more »

Whereas the effect of the financial crisis on the UK economy remains obvious, the true extent of its effect on us – socially, individually and culturally – is only just beginning to unravel. One impact the recession has on our lives is clear: increased stress. Whether you’re worrying about an unsecure job, a lack of read more »

Workers in Britain’s capital feel the pressure mount as the recession continues. According to Dr Andrew Parker, consultant psychiatrist at Capio Nightingale Hospital in Marleybone, London, there has been a noticeable increase in city workers seeking help for work-related stress over the last few years. With the looming threat of financial crisis, redundancy and sector read more »