Suicide rate rises for first time since 2013

Tue, 09/03/2019 - 08:23

bbc.co.uk - The suicide rate in the UK has risen for the first time since 2013, official figures show. Office for National Statistics data for 2018 showed 11.2 deaths from suicide per 100,000 people…

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Brexit: Doctors’ first duty in no-deal planning is to speak up about the risks to patients - The BMJ

Tue, 09/03/2019 - 07:15

blogs.bmj.com - Doctors have a duty to tell the public if a policy puts them at risk Tomorrow, parliament returns from its summer recess. MPs will sit for a few short days before parliament is “…

Category: Politics

Cancer Overtakes Heart Disease As Biggest Killer In High-Income Countries

Tue, 09/03/2019 - 05:22

ndtv.com - Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death in wealthy countries and could become the world's biggest killer within just a few decades if current trends persist,…

Category: Science

Carpenter becomes first beneficiary of Ayushman Bharat in Rajasthan | Jaipur News - Times of India

Tue, 09/03/2019 - 00:52

timesofindia.indiatimes.com - Carpenter becomes first beneficiary of Ayushman Bharat in Rajasthan Syed Intishab Ali | TNN | Updated: Sep 1, 2019, 22:52 IST JAIPUR: A 47-year-old carpenter from…

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Mental health problems the hidden legacy of the Troubles

Tue, 09/03/2019 - 00:31

irishtimes.com - The impact of the Troubles on the mental health of those who lived through it was often less visible or understood during the conflict than the more obvious physical injuries.…

Category: Health

Penny Starr: Donald Trump Is Right About Mental Illness and Mass Shootings

Mon, 09/02/2019 - 21:51

breitbart.com - Society, literally, steps around people living on sidewalks and doesn’t have to deal with those behind bars. But when an individual decides to kill as many innocent people as possible…

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Rees-Mogg calls doctor 'shameful' for raising no-deal drug concerns

Mon, 09/02/2019 - 17:24

theguardian.com - Jacob Rees-Mogg has criticised a consultant neurologist who raised concerns about the supply of medicines in a no-deal Brexit, calling the doctor’s intervention “shameful”. He…

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Hospitals among seven health centres attacked in Syria’s north-east

Mon, 09/02/2019 - 16:48

news.un.org - In a statement, the UN health agency said that the facilities included four hospitals and two primary health care centres “that were functional at the time they were hit”. “Attacks on…

Category: World

How Pain Patients Feel About the Opioid Crisis — Pain News Network

Mon, 09/02/2019 - 16:00

painnewsnetwork.org - “Just recently my doctor said that he was gonna have to stop prescribing me my opioid pain medication,” wrote Jeffrey Ticich, who suffers from scoliosis, stenosis, a herniated…

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DEA Arrests 290, Closes Dozens of Pharmacies in Opioid Crack Down

Mon, 09/02/2019 - 11:00

breitbart.com - Reports said the DEA also seized $3.3 million in assets which included a yacht and a small airplane as part of an operation called “Operation Cazador.” “Agents with the Drug…

Category: Health