Health
Testimonies of ‘devastating’ cost to public health of ‘toxic’ passenger jets submitted to The Hague
Campaigners have written to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to provide it with evidence that they say they have compiled that toxic substances in passenger airplane cabins are damaging the health of air crew and passengers. The former flight staff say that they are submitting scientific evidence and testimonies of hundreds of people whose health has suffered to the court in the Hague in The Netherlands. “Cabin air, knowingly polluted by highly toxic, thermally degraded substances, is in...
Night running returns with urban street event
Night running was put back on the agenda last week as fitness fanatics led by extreme ultra athlete Brett Horton took to the streets of London to participate in the UK’s first street fitness community. BBC 1Xtra DJ Melody Kane joined runners on a party rickshaw decked out with full DJ kit as the participants hit three mini bootcamps staged in iconic locations. Pull up ropes strapped to the Millennium Bridge, circuits outside the Tate Modern and a full shake-out...
Did they take Brexit into account? Britons will be living two-and-a-half years longer by 2040
But tackling high blood pressure, obesity, smoking, drinking and air pollution could add as much as 4.3 years onto our lives
Dads who smoke ‘raise the risk of their children developing attention deficit disorder’
Researchers found that a father's nicotine use may cause cognitive deficits in his children and even grandchildren
This simple drink improves memory by up to 15 per cent
The spring water with a concentrated extract drink of the Mediterranean herb available on the high street can boost memory and cognitive performance
OPM Disability Retirement: Empathy And Pain
Empathy is generally defined as the ability to sense or feel other people’s emotions as well as being able to imagine what someone else might be thinking. It is one of the most important competences of the emotional intelligence. Its real meaning, which is associated to its psychological therm, is even more important than the capacity of putting oneself in the place of another person. Being empathetic and “feeling the pain of others” has become part of our social modern...
HIP-HOP BUST UP – Rap music videos ‘glamourise’ drug use, warns study
Researchers found cannabis and tobacco are frequently featured in videos by top rappers
Half of infants scared of doctor because of ‘needle phobia’ which they pick up from anxious parents
One in 25 vaccinations have even had to be postponed because of this fear
Medicinal cannabis to be made legal on November 1st
UK Government Home Secretary Sajid Javid confirmed that doctors in Wales, England and Scotland will be able to prescribe cannabis from November 1. Cannabis has been upgraded by the UK Government to a Schedule 2, allowing doctors on the specialist register of the General Medicine Council to prescribe it. Javid said via a statement: “I have been clear that my intention was always to ensure that patients have access to the most appropriate course of medical treatment.” “I stressed the importance...