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Now, on to children, who – if the steady stream of warnings is anything to go by – are in serious trouble. There's the pull of addictive screens, a sharp drop in children reading for pleasure, a global decline in…
It is perfectly reasoned. She has been told by product marketing, by headlines and by the ambient language of her whole world that the systems she uses are intelligent. If the word means what it appears to mean, her…
The collaborative teams usually were collaborative beforehand. The organisations capable of communicating clearly under pressure were probably already communicating clearly before the situation escalated. And the leaders…
About 1,900 children aged 0-14 are diagnosed with cancer each year, according to Cancer Research UK. Thirteen-year-old Amelia Carroll, who is now in remission, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) last year.…
The new alerts are being introduced following the success of the ‘Amazon-style’ prescription tracking feature in the NHS App, which has been used by nearly 2.9 million people since its launch last year. The app’s users…
Its chair, Prof Peter Fonagy, told the BBC that the former health secretary Wes Streeting had been "completely wrong" to suggest that conditions and disorders were being overdiagnosed. Mr Streeting acknowledged his…
These joints have a reputation of being emotional storage units of sorts – but is it true that they are affected by old traumas and painful memories? Pain and muscle tension hit harder when you're going through a…
Here, it seemed, was not just an inquiry into England's ever-extending waiting lists for the diagnosis of mental illness and neurodevelopmental conditions, and the dire lack of support for people who experience one or…
According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), flu is at low levels, but various metrics , such as the proportion of positive tests and GP consultations for influenza-like illness, suggest it is on the rise, with…
Having witnessed three of her four grandparents succumb to dementia, with all the distress that brought, she wants to avoid the same fate. She hopes the shingles vaccine might help. Jenny is far from alone. Britain's…