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Trailblazing firms lead the way on mental health

New data from mental health charity Mind gives an insight into the mental health of 15,000 employees participating in Mind’s first ever Workplace Wellbeing Index, a brand new benchmark of best policy and practice when it comes to staff mental health. Thirty organisations took part in the Index including Deloitte, HMRC, the Environment Agency, Jaguar Land Rover and PepsiCo. According to the survey, of those staff who had disclosed poor mental health at work (2,200 employees), just over half (53...

Thousands watch the first ever live-streamed smear test

Thousands of people went online to watch the first ever live-streamed smear test today. Anna Cribb, 40, went through the cervical screening procedure live on the ChannelMum.com Facebook page, with the video currently up to 11,000 views. 'Hey Mummy' vlogger, Anna, from Hampshire, volunteered for the live test having had her own scare and treatment to remove pre-cancerous cells after a routine smear test in the past. She said: "Having had abnormal smear test results when I was younger that resulted...

Why shop window design is vital in the digital era

Much as the eyes are the window into the soul, shop windows are the eyes to the shop. A store’s window design is the first thing that consumers see, and therefore use to construe their first impression of the store. But there’s far more to the art of window design than pushing the best products to the very front, supermarket sandwich-style. Window displays are changing in the digital age, adapting to a world where social media is as important as...

Watch – 12-y-o left paralysed after suffering alleged reaction to HPV vaccine

A 12-year-old girl has been left paralysed from the neck down after suffering an alleged reaction to the HPV vaccine. Tragic Mia Blesky has no feeling in her arms or legs and is unable to lift her head or do anything but blink, talk and sing. Video clips filmed days before she fell ill shows the talented youngster - who dreams of being a popstar - standing, clutching a microphone and belting out a tune. Harrowing videos show how her...

3 things to remember before wearing denim to the office

In the last few decades what is considered acceptable office dress code has changed considerably; according to a 2016 survey released by OfficeTeam, half of senior managers believe their workers wear less formal clothing than they did five years ago. For better or worse, notions of ‘acceptable work attire’ are changing and more people are wearing denim to work. Even Starbucks have released a lookbook that references selvedge denim as suitable attire. Does this mean denim is in danger of...

Promoting awareness of autism for awareness week – 27th March – 2nd April

Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental condition experienced by more one in 100 people in the UK. Individuals with this condition experience persistent difficulties in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts and restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests and activities which may include stereotyped or repetitive motor movements; insistence on sameness; highly restricted and fixated interests, and hyper or hypo reactivity to sensory input (e.g. sound, smell, taste and touch). Despite extensive research, including numerous neuroimaging studies, we still...

Speed dating – start your journey towards not being single

Speed dating? Give it a try today and start your journey towards not being single. There is no doubt about it: being single has its benefits. But if you are desperately searching for a partner, that little bit of love and magic in your life, it's possible to become despondent after yo you do a tour of the different bars offering the singles nights London has to offer. Or perhaps you've seemingly 'swiped right' to the entire population of Tinder who...

Amazon tribe have the healthiest arteries ever studied

Modern life really does kill after a remote tribe living deep in the Amazon were found to have the healthiest arteries ever studied. A new study estimates that an 80-year-old from the Tsimane has the same vascular age as an American in their mid-fifties. Heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood glucose were also much lower, probably as a result of the tribe's lifestyle, according to the researchers. The indigenous Tsimane people, who live in the Bolivian Amazon, have the...

Life’s Biggest Bashes Revealed, Including Brits’ Perfect Party Guests

We all love a good celebration; a chance to get our glad-rags on, catch up with friends and show off our best dance moves. And Brits find plenty of excuses to throw a big bash, too, but which ones are our favourites? In a lifetime of celebrations it’s really the weddings that stick with us, a new study has revealed. A survey of 1,000 over-50s showed that a third believe that their wedding day was the best celebration of their lives,...

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