Key Takeaways Across a range of measures, former NFL players from the 1988 season report being in worse health and experiencing more frequent pain and higher levels of disability compared to men their age in the general population, even when controlling for race. Former players are about three times as likely as other men their…
President Trump recently signed an executive order on homelessness, mental health, and substance use that leverages federal funding priorities and other administrative tools to encourage states to ban public drug use, remove unhoused people from public spaces, and broaden civil commitment laws to permit involuntary psychiatric civil commitments in more circumstances. It also instructs the…
Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions, January 20, 2025 PURPOSE: Initial rescissions of Executive Orders and Actions issued by President Biden. Among these orders are several that addressed the COVID-19 pandemic and global health security, such as Executive Order 13987 (Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government To Provide a Unified and Effective…
Starting on his first day of his second term in office, President Trump and his administration have taken several executive actions that directly impact U.S. global health efforts. This timeline, which is a companion resource to components of KFF’s Overview of President Trump’s Executive Actions on Global Health, provides a detailed overview of actions, including…
Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Pesto often contains pine nuts Allergic reactions to foods such as pine nuts and goats milk happen frequently enough they may need warning labels, say experts. Food packaging in the UK and EU already lists the most common allergens for people to be aware of, such…
Philippa Roxby Health reporter Getty Images Treatment for millions of people with type 2 diabetes should be more personalised, with greater access to newer medicines, including weight-loss drugs, the healthcare assessment body for England, Wales and Northern Ireland has recommended. It calls the move “the biggest shake-up” in type 2 diabetes care in a decade….
Sophia Allsopp BBC News, West of England Gloucestershire Community Rail Partnership The maps highlight four routes designed to boost mental health and encourage car-free exploration A set of illustrated walking maps have been launched to encourage people to explore nature, history and hidden corners, while supporting sustainable, car-free travel. Tewkesbury Wellbeing Walks, created by Gloucestershire…
Charlotte Chapman-Hart was misdiagnosed with an eating disorder and now works to bring awareness to rare diseases. Source link
Nicola Gilroy BBC Investigations, East Midlands BBC Charlotte Chapman-Hart lives with chiari malformation – type 1, and syringomyelia Weighing six stone and on the brink of organ failure, Charlotte Chapman-Hart is admitted to hospital in excruciating pain. It’s assumed the former model and dancer has an eating disorder. But Charlotte, who repeatedly denies she’s starving…
Nikki Fox BBC health correspondent, East of England JOHN FAIRHALL/BBC Tony Henderson is taking the Department of Work and Pension to a tribunal after being refused personal independence payments A man living with kidney failure said the system for personal independence payments (Pip) was not fit for purpose after he was rejected for the benefit…
