Health News

Players at risk as clubs ignore injury link to mental health

Injury is a major cause of mental health problems in top footballers, shows a study of counsellors working with players’ union, the Professional Footballers’ Association. The first evidence linking long-term injury with psychological distress in pro players calls for a culture change to one where clubs routinely offer injured players psychological support. Sports psychologists from […]

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9 Endometriosis Symptoms You Shouldn’t Ignore

March is Endometriosis Awareness month and while the disease affects an estimated 200 million women worldwide like myself, and was one of the most-Googled health search terms of 2018, endometriosis symptoms are often missed or ignored. And there’s good reason why this occurs. But first, let me dispel a pervasive and damaging myth about endometriosis: […]

Health Problems

Half of over-60s ignore lifesaving bowel cancer screening

Half (51%) of people invited to bowel screening for the first time in 2015 didn’t take part, according to the latest figures from Cancer Research UK published today (Wednesday) in the European Journal of Cancer. Averaged figures from 2010-15 in England showed that those from deprived areas were less likely to participate (43%) than those […]