There were almost half a million new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the UK last year, figures show.
Experts at the Health Protection Agency (HPA) say young people are most affected.
And one in 10 of 15-24 year olds with an STI became infected again within a year.
Health ministers said they would look at what more could be done to increase young people’s awareness of risks. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s easy to know when to take babies and toddlers to the doctor for well-baby and well-child checkups.
The schedule is pretty rigid, and we have the need for immunizations to consider too. So at two weeks, two months, six months, etc. we trot off to the doctor’s office for a checkup. After two years old, it’s still easy – once a year visits are the norm and are often covered by insurance. Plus your child is still getting immunizations during these years. Read the rest of this entry »
A study in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that a dose of extra sleep on the weekend may be good medicine for adults who repeatedly stay up too late or wake up too early during the workweek. However, even a night of 10 hours in bed may not be enough to cure the negative effects of chronic sleep restriction.
Results show that neurobehavioral impairments such as increased lapses of attention and delayed reaction times accumulated across a period of five days when sleep was restricted to less than four hours per night. Behavioral, subjective and physiological measures of alertness improved significantly after a night of recovery sleep, with larger doses of sleep producing greater gains. Read the rest of this entry »
If you, or someone in your family, smokes and you have children, then it is important to ensure that they are not the recipients of, which is classified as a known human (Group A) carcinogen by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. Secondhand smoke is scientifically correlated with a range of illnesses from asthma to cancer to heart disease, and it is even more damaging to children whose lungs and immune systems are still developing. Given the statistics, the less exposure your kids have, the better. Read the rest of this entry »
Many of us have a phobia – an extreme or irrational fear – of something. Most of the time we can live with such fears, but in some cases they can take over a person’s life. Luckily, help is at hand.
What is a phobia?
A phobia is an intense fear or feeling of anxiety that occurs only in a particular situation that frightens you. Read the rest of this entry »
A review of 100 attacks on guide dogs (dogs that help blind people get around) by other dogs report that there are over 3 attacks each month in the UK, with bull breeds accounting for approximately 40% of all attacks, according to a report published in this week’s Veterinary Record, a BMJ publication.
The authors, two of whom work for the UK Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, examined data on 100 canine attacks on guide dogs between November 2006 and April 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
