Social impacts on health

The Wellbeing Symposium is making it’s London debut

The Wellbeing Symposium provides an environment for businesses, communities and individuals to debate, learn and share information, advice and strategies for health and wellbeing. Over the past seven years, The Wellbeing Symposium has been going from strength-to- strength as a leading health and wellbeing event. In 2019, The Wellbeing Symposium will make its London debut […]

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We’re living longer but the pay-gap and mental health are still cause for concern

Europeans are living longer but the increase in their life expectancy has slowed since 2010, according to a study undertaken by the OECD and supported by the European Commission. The State of Health in the EU Cycle report, updated every two years, has identified mental health and the health gap between rich and poor as two

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Improving maternal healthcare for vulnerable women

Women Political Leaders Global Forum has published an assessment on improving maternal healthcare for vulnerable women in the EU. Their recommendations are: Design and implement mandatory training of health professionals in delivering culturally-sensitive care. Design and implement a basic maternal healthcare benefits package for vulnerable pregnant women that covers 1) Information/ advice on family planning,

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Obesity Update – OECD

Today, more than one in two adults and nearly one in six children are overweight or obese in the OECD area. The obesity epidemic has spread further in the past five years, although at a slower pace than before. Despite this, new projections show a continuing increase of obesity in all studied countries. Social disparities

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New Technology Helps to Improve Treatment for NHS Patients with Depression

A new web-based “feedback” technology which allows therapists to accurately monitor how patients with depression are coping has been found to reduce the probability of deterioration during psychological treatment by 74{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96}, a new study has found. The study, which is the largest controlled trial of its kind, involved data from more than 2,000 mental health

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