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 »

The NHS has given £50,000 to charity Ark to help people with Asperger’s find love. As the online-dating stigma fades and singles-clubs and speed-dating becomes all the rage, the modern dating scene is changing – and upping its expectations too. The world of dating has become a formidable place for the many singles looking for read more »

This week the Welsh Government is set to release a White Paper outlining plans to introduce a presumed consent organ donation law by 2015. The new legislation will mean that anyone in Wales who does not wish to donate their organs upon death, will need to sign an ‘opt-out’ register. The BBC Wales Politics show read more »

A Sheffield hospital hopes to help 10 morbidly obese teenagers lose weight by fitting them with gastric balloons. The procedure, which involves inflating the stomach to simulate a feeling of fullness, has proven effective on adults. There have been few studies examining the effects of the gastric balloon on young people, however, and the procedure read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Parenting website Mumsnet have launched a campaign calling for an improvement to the NHS care given to women who have suffered a miscarriage. The campaign, which has received backing and support from medical experts and members of the site, is calling for improvements to the care of women who have miscarried. Proposed changes include better read more »