Bipolar disorders appear to increase the risk of early death from a medical illness, according to a literature review study published as the lead article this week in the journal Psychiatric Services.The researchers comprehensively reviewed 17 studies involving more than 331,000 patients. Evidence suggested that people with bipolar disorder have a higher mortality from natural causes compared to people in the general population of similar age and gender but without mental illness. [continue reading…]
February 2009
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When Jamie Oliver launched his “Feed Me Better” Campaign in Greenwich Schools back in 2004, some were sceptical about the impact it would have.
But a study by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex has shown that Jamie’s efforts didn’t just help pupils eat more healthily, it also resulted in them doing better at school in English and Science and in helping schools cut rates of absenteeism. [continue reading…]
