When early events (in the first 12 months) were included, diagnoses of hypertension were 6% higher in the NHS Health Check group, with additional higher rates for high cholesterol (11%), chronic kidney disease (15%), and fatty liver disease (17%). However, when the initial 12 or 24 ...
Obesity and poor diet quality are major issues among adults with severe mental illness, and current weight management approaches are largely ineffective, a study shows. Medscape News UK 02 May 2025 Survey Reveals Alarming Rates of NHS-Related Healthcare Harm A recent British survey reveals alarming...
stevia may have a negative impact on health. There is also solid evidence of the negative effect that ultra processed foods have on our health. Many people simply wish to pursue a diet that is as low in manufactured ingredients as possible. ...
There is abundant evidence that lifestyle change can have a beneficial effect on individual vascular disease risk factors. For example, high blood pressure can be prevented with dietary intervention alone [9], diabetes can be prevented or delayed with diet and physical activity in combination [10]...
"By using these monitors, and reporting the readings to local teams, patients are able to quickly and easily update GP teams with a regular snapshot of their blood pressure health,” said Dr Nikki Kanani, GP and national medical director of primary care for the NHS. “These simple checks ...
From limited research results, cleansing diet may decrease the risk of chronic disease. Fasting for a while could reduce blood cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pressure temporarily. It may also have the function of anti-cancer. However, these research results are derived from a small number ...
Commenting on the findings, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the council of the British Medical Association, said: "The findings of the 2018 NHS Staff Survey show that doctors and other health care professionals across England are working in a system under extreme pressure due to chronic underfunding...
Long-Term Plan The report comes as NHS leaders are poised to publish a long-term plan setting out their ambitions for the NHS. It's due out towards the end of this month or early next and will then be worked on at a local level until the summer of 2019. ...
Obesity, Poor Diet Widespread in Severe Mental Illness Obesity and poor diet quality are major issues among adults with severe mental illness, and current weight management approaches are largely ineffective, a study shows. Medscape News UK
"What we felt was the most striking number was the staffing levels," Prof Papanicolas toldMedscape News UK. "We found that the UK has about 7.8 nurses per 1000 of the population, and that was lower than both the study average of the countries that we compared it to, lower than the ...