This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51063419 By Dr Zoe Williams Faced with a wait for a GP appointment, would you choose a group session with the doctor instead? It is an idea some surgeries are investigating. Demand for appointments increasingly outweighs availability. In recent years, the number of GP appointments has risen by 13%, but GP…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/13/air-pollution-kill-160000-next-decade-report?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_b-gdnnews&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1578876459 By PA Media British Heart Foundation predicts current total of 11,000 particulate-related deaths per year will continue to rise More than 160,000 people could die over the next decade from strokes and heart attacks caused by air pollution, a charity has warned. That is the equivalent of more than…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-51048246 By Owain Clarke BBC Wales health correspondent Pressures on hospitals in Wales are “exceptional” and “really, really tough,” the health minister has said. Vaughan Gething visited three hospitals in west Wales to see problems. He said it was “undeniably significantly different” to previous winters, with high numbers of sick…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/09/china-pneumonia-outbreak-may-be-caused-by-sars-type-virus-who By Guardian News World Health Organization says a new coronavirus, the family linked to Sars and Mers, may be behind Wuhan cases A cluster of more than 50 pneumonia cases in the central Chinese city of Wuhan may be due to a newly emerging member of the family of viruses that…
This article was taken from: bbc.com/news/health-51036468 By BBC Health news Women can gain 10 and men seven years of life free of cancer, heart problems and type-2 diabetes from a healthy lifestyle, a study in the BMJ suggests. They must exercise regularly, drink in moderation only, have a healthy weight and good diet and not…