British teenagers are among the worst in Europe for sleep problems, new report suggests 

British teenagers are stressed binge drinkers with major sleep problems… but they are good at brushing their teeth, new report suggests By Kate Pickles Health Correspondent For The Daily Mail and Lydia Catling For Mailonline Published: 00:00 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 02:26 BST, 19 May 2020 British teenagers are among the most-likely in … Read more

British teenagers are among the worst in Europe for sleep problems, new report suggests 

British teenagers are stressed binge drinkers with major sleep problems… but they are good at brushing their teeth, new report suggests By Kate Pickles Health Correspondent For The Daily Mail and Lydia Catling For Mailonline Published: 00:00 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 02:26 BST, 19 May 2020 British teenagers are among the most-likely in … Read more

The healing power of gardens

The turning point in Robin Hanbury-Tenison’s six-week battle with the complications of Covid-19 was a trip to a ‘secret garden’. He was hooked up to life-saving equipment as staff wheeled him from the intensive care unit (ICU) to an outdoor oasis of calm in the hospital, a moment Robin now credits with his recovery. ‘I … Read more

The painful truth about dentistry in lockdown

Lesley Platts, an NHS occupational therapist who is managing hard-pressed care services in London, is suffering an additional burden — a nasty toothache that her dentist won’t touch. Her dentist isn’t being difficult — it is because they are under lockdown and banned from physically seeing patients. Lesley, 50, is one of around 600,000 patients … Read more

Vaccination rates for Michigan children have fallen 20% amid the coronavirus pandemic

The number of five-month-old children getting vaccinations has plummeted to below 50 percent in Michigan amid the coronavirus pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data released Monday reveals.  For the last three years, about two thirds of five-month-olds in the state have been up-to-date on their shots. But as of May 2020, only … Read more