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Medical Professionals Encouraged To Take More Physical Activity
A new and exciting opportunity is being offered to health professionals across the Yorkshire area in an effort to enhance their health and fitness using a ground-breaking workplace wellness initiative. The programme uses different methods to encourage staff to gradually elevate their levels of physical activity through a number of team-based challenges using state of the art digital tracking technology. The Pennine GP Alliances Inaugural Wellbeing Challenge incorporates different ways of rewarding staff members who complete fifteen minutes of daily activity. After four weeks of the competition, the highest scoring team of employees will be crowned champions following which, those who are involved will be encouraged to continue with similar activities in order to maintain a good, healthy lifestyle.
By Ashish Prabhu4 months ago in Lifehack
UK Faces Dramatic Rise In Cases Of Sight Threatening Eye Disease
There is predicted to be an increase in over a million new cases of sight threatening eye disease cases over the next decade. That’s according to new findings which have been released by a leading charity who warn that the state of the country’s eye health has reached crisis point. If we look at the data as a whole, it equates to one new case every three minutes. The study which was carried out by Eye Health UK was released in time for National Eye Health Week which took place last week from the 22nd to the 28th March. The data used was collected in collaboration with York Health Economics Consortium and aimed to predict future cases of the four most common causes of sight loss. This includes cataract, glaucoma, macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease.
By Ashish Prabhu4 months ago in Lifehack
Primary School Classes Ability To Reach Their Financial Goals
Girls who study in classes which have a greater amount of girls than boys in the early years of their education are more likely to gain greater financial and professional success later in life. That's according to research from Durham University Business School which carried out an investigation which looked at how the gender composition of primary school classes can effect labour equality later in life. The investigation mainly focused on the long term career prospects for women and in turn focused in on how the different findings affected the gender pay gap nation wide.
By Ashish Prabhu5 months ago in Lifehack
New Care Model Introduced To Help Heart Patients
There has been a significant reduction in the number of heart failure readmissions at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. That's according to new data which has been released in support of recdent NICE guidance for KiActiv®'s digital health innovation. The new pioneering care model was put in place after being showcased at the European Society Of Cardiology Congress in Madrid where thousands of delegates from across the globe were in attendance. This helped to introduce the new system at a broader level and ensure more professionals were aware of what new measures had to be put in place to provide better care for patients. The event was arranged as part of the world's largest cardiovascular congress and a prestigious platform for advancing cardiovascular innovation.
By Ashish Prabhu5 months ago in Lifehack
Family And Communities Brought Together With Promise Of Sweet Treats
You might not have known it but just over a week ago ice cream vans and parlours around the country brought sweet relief to communities by taking part in a free ice cream give away. This formed part of the commemorations which were put on to celebrate national Ice Cream Day. This is an initiative which is being led by the Ice Cream Alliance to help shine a light on the passion creativity and community spirit that help to symbolise the country's vast ice cream industry. The event was put on not just to celebrate the event nationally but also to highlight all the good work that ice cream vans and parlours around the country do to help bring communities together and maintain connections between family and friends.
By Ashish Prabhu6 months ago in Journal
UK Ice Cream Vendours Prepare To Mark National Ice Cream Day
There are many things in life that tend to bring back good memories from our childhoods. One of the best is when we may have been relaxing out doors in hot weather whilst having a nice ice cream to help us keep cool. Sales of the popular product are expected to have risen dramatically during the recent heat wave that effected many parts of the UK. Temperatures around the country rose dramatically, the highest of which was recorded in Faversham in Kent where weather centres recorded a temperature of 35.8 degrees celcius on the first of July.
By Ashish Prabhu7 months ago in Humans
More Action Needed On Children's Education
If you're a parent and you send your children to school, you'd expect that the school and local authority has a legal obligation to take over all parenting duties and ensure that your child is looked after during the day. All children around the country have a statutory right to education to help them prepare for their futures and ensure they can live independently. Local authorities must act in the best interest of the children at the different schools they cover. However, it turns out that this might not always be happening as in the first three months of this year, approximately 13% of children were classified as NEET that is not in education, employment or training.
By Ashish Prabhu7 months ago in Education
UK Launches World's Largest Global Dementia Research Programme
Someone around the world is diagnosed with dementia every three seconds. That's according to the world's largest global dementia prevention research study. The investigation also found out that although billions of dollars have been spent to help in the research process to find new drugs to gtreat the condition, the rate of how many people develop dementia around the world is still increasing at a some what uncontrollable rate. There has been a lot of research conducted in to the damaging build up of plaque in the brain. This is thought to be the main reason why the disease causes so much damage through out the body. The data collected is not eye catching and include many side effects of the condition such as bleeding in to the brain.
By Ashish Prabhu9 months ago in Lifehack
Event Put On To Help Promote Inclusivity In Fashion Industry
A Liverpool hotel has hosted an event aimed at helping to promote more inclusivity in the fashion industry as well as giving young women and girls the confidence as skills they need to reach their full potential. The Adelphi in Liverpool. Located in the city centre, the establishment normally accommodates a variety of different travellers with different cultural backgrounds.
By Ashish Prabhu9 months ago in Journal
Disabled People Hardest Hit By 2025 Spring Statement
British Chancellor Of The Exchequer Rachel Reeves has delivered her Spring Statement which helped to set out and reaffirm plans for the UK economy and ensure that the country strengthened it's financial situation. There had been a number of worries from different sectors of the House Of Commons who felt that the Labour party was going against it's core values and taking money away from those who really needed it i.e. the workers and people who were disabled or on low incomes. These plans had been set out in the budget last October so there had been a lot of anxiety to see if the government would be sticking to its plans or changing course in a bid to ensure that the markets had confidence in the way different sectors of the economy were being run.
By Ashish Prabhu10 months ago in Journal
Events Put On For Neurodiversity Awareness Week 2025
You may not know it but this week is Neurodiversity Celebration Week which is a worldwide initiative which helps challenge stereotypes and misconceptions surrounding people who have neurological differences. This includes having natural variations in human brains and how they function and includes have conditions such as autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, among others.
By Ashish Prabhu11 months ago in Lifehack
