By Jerome Burne for the Daily Mail
More Britons than ever are taking antidepressant drugs — prescriptions for the most common type, known as SSRIs (serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors), rose by 165 per cent between 1998 and 2012....
View ArticleHow taking fat shaming to heart backfires for health
Internalizing fat shaming — being judged differently because of weight — can be particularly damaging to a person’s health and well-being, doctors and other experts say. They were interviewed ahead of...
View ArticleColleges ‘no choice’ but to send students to A&E for mental health care
Sixth-form colleges in England are being forced to send students undergoing a mental health crisis to AE, it’s claimed. The Association of Colleges (AoC) blames a lack of specialist support in the...
View ArticleWal-Mart aims to leverage British arm Asda back to health
LONDON Wal-Mart (WMT.N) is throwing its weight as the world’s largest retailer behind its struggling British arm Asda after admitting it was too slow to respond effectively to the threat posed by the...
View ArticleFact-checking the Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders health care debate
Call it the election that never was. Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas debated the future of the Affordable Care Act during a 90-minute primetime debate on CNN Tuesday. President...
View ArticleDoes Plant Protein Build Muscle as Well as Meat?
Protein helps repair and build muscle—that’s why it’s smart to recover after a hard workout with a smoothie, energy bites, or another high-protein snack. But until now, researchers haven’t been sure...
View ArticleStudy of cancer-causing toxins finds e-cigarettes much safer than smoking
LONDON Consuming e-cigarettes is far safer and less toxic than smoking conventional tobacco cigarettes, according to the findings of a study analyzing levels of dangerous and cancer-causing substances...
View ArticleMassive agenda awaits new health secretary Tom Price
President Trump’s health secretary already has a massive to-do list built up, with the White House saying it was awaiting his arrival to roll out a replacement for Obamacare, and to begin taking steps...
View ArticleYou Must Eat an Orange In the Shower Every Day
First consider the orange. No reasonable person can come up with a reason not to eat an orange. Merely consumed at the table, oranges are like eating little handfuls of sunshine. It seems impossible...
View ArticleA divided, testy Senate confirms Trump health secretary
WASHINGTON Republicans won Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump’s choice for health secretary early Friday in the testy chamber’s fourth consecutive brawl over Cabinet picks. Senators...
View ArticleMai Thai in Georgetown Closed by the DC Health Department
Mai Thai in Georgetown has been closed by the DC Department of Health. A sign on the door indicates that the Thai restaurant and sushi bar at 3251 Prospect Street, Northwest, was ordered closed on...
View ArticlePatients SHOULD be allowed to self-harm to stop them from doing more damage...
Currently, self-harmers are forced to immediately stop hurting themselves But this treatment isn’t working, according to a mental health researcher Instead, allowing those not in immediate danger to...
View ArticleMai Thai in Georgetown Closed by the DC Health Department (Updated)
Update: The restaurant was cleared by the Health Department, and reopened for business on the evening of Friday, February 10. Mai Thai in Georgetown has been closed by the DC Department of Health. A...
View ArticleAddiction Treatment Grew Under Health Law. Now What?
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View ArticleFeds must pay Moda Health $214 million over risk-corridor program
A federal claims judge ruled Thursday that the federal government owes insurer Moda Health $214 million as part of its participation in the Affordable Care Act’s risk-corridor program. The decision,...
View ArticleSen. Al Franken admits some Senate Republicans have concerns about President...
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) suggested Sunday that he thought President Trump was suffering from poor mental health and claimed some of his Republican colleagues felt the same way. When asked by CNN’s...
View ArticleBarbers are given mental-health training in a bid to tackle male suicide...
British barbers are joining forces to tackle male suicide with new training Lions Barber Collective is a national initiative working with Public Health The group aims to provide hairdressers with...
View ArticleLibLink: Nick Clegg: Children’s Mental Health Week: Nearly two thirds of...
Nick Clegg has written an article for the Huffington Post to mark Children’s Mental Health Week, highlighting a study which found that nearly two thirds of children feel worried all the time. As he...
View ArticleGOP, This Is What Americans Want From Health Care Reform
House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) questions Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen during a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill...
View ArticleABC White House correspondent worries about Sean Spicer’s health
Stay abreast of the latest developments from nation’s capital and beyond with curated News Alerts from the Washington Examiner news desk and delivered to your inbox. Article source:...
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