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What do you do? If the answer is to go in (or log on), you're not alone. Research suggests anywhere between a third to a half of people in the UK work even when sick - something experts call presenteeism. And your…
Environmental pollution is known to be associated with poorer mental health but its role in suicide risk is less well understood. Scientists at Queen's University Belfast examined whether air, noise, light, and water…
All four US deaths have occurred in the state. Due to the Trump administration changing how it reports measles deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not count any of the deaths in its national…
The inquiry, she said, would focus on the hospital and its staff, not the convictions. Eighteen months later, with the 822-page report in the public domain, her decision to press on while Letby's guilt was in the process…
A public inquiry found a "complete failure" to protect babies on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital in north-west England. In a series of findings, the inquiry chair, Lady Justice Thirlwall, said two…
The Thirlwall inquiry's final report said there was a "complete failure" to protect babies on the neonatal unit where Letby murdered seven and attempted to murder seven more. But a third of the report was given over to…
As a consultant dermatologist with a special interest in the health impacts of social media, I see how digital platforms are normalising harmful attitudes towards sun exposure, while the sunbed industry thrives. Social…
Working in partnership with peers from the University’s Centre for Academic Innovation and Development (CAID), Dance staff and students have explored how emerging technologies can transform the creation, teaching…
But a growing body of evidence suggests that some of the answer lies not in new qualifications, but in something simpler: giving students the confidence to solve real problems and pitch their own ideas. That’s the…
It makes you feel helpless," says Natalie Greenwood, of a condition that affects her so badly she is "non-functioning most of the time because of the constant fatigue". Greenwood, 36, needs to have an operation every few…