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Tackling Work-Related Stress
Work-related stress, depression or anxiety is a harmful reaction occurring secondary to excessive pressures and demands in the workplace. We all experience pressure at work, sometimes that can be useful for driving us towards achieving targets and to inspire us to produce our best work. But, if that pressure outweighs[...]
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Suicide Awareness – World Mental Health Day
Thursday 10th October 2019, is World Mental Health Day, and this year’s theme set by the World Federation for Mental Health is – Suicide Awareness. In 2018, there were approximately 6,859 registered deaths by suicide in the UK and Republic of Ireland, equating to an average of 18 suicides per[...]
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Do You Know Your Numbers? We Know Our Numbers!
Do you know your Numbers? We Know Our Numbers! This ‘Know Your Numbers Week’, Medigold Health provided employees in our UK offices the opportunity to have a free health assessment to make sure we all know our numbers and, more importantly, what those numbers mean. During the assessment, employees had[...]
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World Suicide Prevention Day 2019
What is World Suicide Prevention Day? Organised by the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the World Health Organisation, the purpose of the day is to promote worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides. Every year organisations and communities around the world come together to create awareness of one of our country’s[...]
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Skin Cancer – The Risk Is Real
Skin Cancer – The Risk is Real With the summers getting hotter, and the winters more extreme, it is tempting to want to take full advantage of the sunshine. However, sun exposure can be dangerous, so we need to make sure we take precautions to reduce the likelihood of skin[...]
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Diabetes – It’s not that sweet
What do Tom Hanks, Billie-Jean King and Halle Berry have in common? Fame? Fortune? No… Type 2 diabetes, a common disease which can onset silently. In 2018, Diabetes UK reported that over 3 million people in the UK were living with a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes, with a further 1[...]
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Stillbirth Awareness – 4 Louis
Sadly in the UK, 15 babies die each day before, during or shortly after birth, that is an average of one baby every 90 minutes, stillbirth awareness and neonatal death remains a taboo subject with people often unsure of what to say or how to behave around those who have[...]
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Heatwave! Boiling Britain
Heatwave hits Britain Unless you have spent the last few days hiding under a rock, you will have noticed that the UK has been hit by a heatwave, with temperatures exceeding 36 degrees in many regions. While some of us will be enjoying the rising temperatures, many of us will[...]
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Occupational asthma and work aggravated asthma
Occupational asthma Most people consider asthma to be a disease of childhood. However, the condition can occur in adults. Should an employee experience symptoms of occupational asthma it is important for their employer to consider if work could be causing the condition. There are two types of occupational asthma[...]
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