Posts tagged with 'lifestyle'
New NICE guidance on alcohol misuse
10th June 2010
"Alcohol is the third leading cause of disease burden in developed countries". This month the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published the first two parts of a three-part guidance on alcohol-related problems. The first section is "Alcohol-use disorders: preventing the development of hazardous and harmful drinking" which …
Life skills for stress, health & wellbeing, introduction to the course
29th May 2010
On Monday of next week I'm due to run the first evening of a new twelve session course that I have been "cooking" for quite a while - see, for example, the post I wrote back in February "Developing a training course: life skills for stress, health & wellbeing". I …
Recent research: articles from January journals
4th February 2010
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains nearly 14,000 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …
SIGN guidance on non-pharmaceutical management of depression
28th January 2010
The Scottish Intecollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) published their guidance on "Non-pharmaceutical management of depression" today. SIGN comment: "Depression Alliance Scotland proposed the development of this guideline based on feedback from service users who were seeking information about interventions other than prescribed antidepressants which could be helpful in managing their depression. …
Recent research: articles from December journals
7th January 2010
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 13,800 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …
New research shows diet’s importance for preventing depression
6th December 2009
You know how it is - no buses in sight, then two come along at once. It's been a bit similar for good research on diet and depression. There have been plenty of studies on individual components of diet and mood (e.g. fish, folate, other B vitamins), but very little …
Recent research: articles from November journals
3rd December 2009
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 13,600 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …
Recent research: articles from October journals
12th November 2009
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 13,500 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …
NHS LifeCheck: online health checks for three age groups - babies, teens & mid-life
11th October 2009
People who have visited this blog a fair amount will know that I'm a huge fan of healthy lifestyle. It's a no-brainer. I've talked about this in Does healthy lifestyle really make a difference?, Common sense isn't common, Would you like to be 14 years younger - it's largely a …
Recent research: articles from September journals
8th October 2009
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains nearly 13,500 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …