Great minds such as Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein all bestowed the virtues of prevention being better than cure in healthcare. Edison predicted the Doctor of the future would spend his time preventing issues rather than solving them. Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock, yesterday brought to light a 41 page document […]
Matt Hancock, UK Health Secretary Will today speak at the Annual Meeting of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes to outline his strategy to include prevention as a priority in future NHS budgets and methods. Integrating technology such as apps that consider lifestyle and location and other prevention methods such as standing desks, free […]
More than one in five children are considered obese by the time the leave primary school according to new official NHS data. In just over a decade child obesity rates have risen more than a third and are now at a record high. More than 24,000 children in England are now considered severely obese whilst […]
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock who tomorrow will announce a new health initiative urging employers to push movement in the workplace, says he believes it’s the duty of schools, GPs, teachers and employers to promote daily activity as he describes standing desks and movement as a “miracle cure” that cuts the risk of many illnesses. […]
Almost one in four British people never exercise, with some admitting to avoiding physical activities “at all cost”. The finding comes from the Fit Brits study, commissioned by the British Lung Foundation, which surveyed 2,000 adults. Of the 23 per cent who do not exercise regularly, one in four felt they would be encouraged to exercise more […]
Back and neck pain are at a five-year high in Britain, with sedentary lifestyles believed to be to blame. More than two in five people now suffer back and neck pain, which affects 12 per cent more of us than a year ago. The British Chiropractic Association says 70 percent of people experience back and […]
Just two weeks of a couch potato lifestyle increases the risk of serious disease, research from Liverpool has suggested.Experts found that 14 days of sitting around reduces muscle mass, increases body fat and raises the potential for high cholesterol. Taking 10,000 steps a day – widely regarded as a target for maintaining good health – […]
Sitting for hours on end is linked to nine more cancers than we thought, according to the cancer expert who is helping to re-write the exercise guidelines. Charles E Matthews, an epidemiologist at the National Cancer Institute, warns we need more physical activity than we thought – but more importantly, we need to sit less. Just […]
The Daily Telegraph published an article this week which validates how low level activity on a regular basis improves our health and wellbeing…something we’re always banging the drum about with our standing desks… “Pottering around the garden or walking the dog is enough to help older men live longer, a new study suggests. The research found […]
Prostate cancer has overtaken breast cancer to become the third deadliest type of the disease in Britain, new research has found. For the first time, figures show that more men are dying from prostate cancer than women from breast cancer, amid warnings from charities and health campaigners that more investment is needed. The research, published […]
