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Impact of Income Inequality on Mental Health and Well-being

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Income inequality is important because there are threefold differences in the proportion of the population suffering from mental illness between more and less equal countries. As well as, physical health is better, levels of trust higher and violence lower in societies where income is more equally distributed. Anxiety disorders, impulse–control disorders and severe illness are …

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Rising Mortality Rates in the UK: An Urgent Public Health Concern

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Over the past decade, the United Kingdom has experienced a disturbing trend: rising mortality rates and stagnating life expectancy. The UK has a long-standing public health system and significant medical resources, this is a cause for national concern.  Life expectancy in the UK has plateaued. Last year, 2024, rates returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2019. However, …

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Depression: Multifaceted Causes and Tailored Treatments

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Depression is a disabling and treatable illness. Getting the right treatment swiftly is necessary to avoid longer term challenges.  Depression affects how you think, feel, and function. It can present in many ways, such as fatigue, hopelessness, irritability, lack of interest in things you used to enjoy, trouble sleeping, and physical symptoms like headaches or stomach problems.  …

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Accelerate Action: International Women’s Day it Includes Other Goals Beyond Equal Pay

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Yesterday was International Women’s Day (IWD). It is celebrated every year on 8th March. It is a day dedicated to recognising achievements of women and advocating for gender equality.  The theme for 2025 is “Accelerate Action”. Accelerate Action is a worldwide call to acknowledge strategies, resources, and activity that positively impact women’s advancement, and to support and elevate …

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From Ashes to Aces: What Tobacco Control Can Teach Us About Tackling Gambling Harms  

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In the BMJ, 22nd February 2025, May van Schalkwyk analysis of the gambling industry was correct, she said, “governments must act to prevent large scale avoidable harm”. She compared the gambling industry now to the tobacco industry in the 1950s.  Public health advocates had a battle against the tobacco industry, working to mitigate its harmful effects …

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Controversial CEO of UnitedHealthcare Shot in NYC

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Who was Brian Thompson, the US healthcare insurance chief executive who was shot and killed in Manhattan? He had been receiving threats relating to medical “coverage”.  Mr Thompson was shot in the back by a masked assailant on 4 December 2024, as he was walking into a hotel where the company, he led was holding …

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