Almost four in 10 Britons volunteer, with the vast majority saying it benefits their mental health and acts as an antidote to loneliness, according to a survey of more than 10,000 people.more
Pub owners Oisin Davis and Vaughan Yates say their booze-free bar, a first for Ireland, is catering to a city with an increasing number of non-drinkersmore
The NHS App is now being rolled out across England, NHS England announced this morning, following private testing between September and December with over 3,000 patients from 30 GP practices.more
Many Britons do not know how much food constitutes a healthy portion, according to a survey by the British Nutrition Foundation. To tackle growing rates of obesity in the UK, the foundation says it is necessary to look not just at what people eat but at how much of it they eat.more
93 per cent of Poles believe that vaccination is the most effective way to protect children from serious diseases. 90 per cent is convinced that vaccination of children causes more good than bad, and 86% that vaccines are safe - according to a CBOS survey.more
A top London doctor has called for fruit and vegetable stands outside every Underground station to help tackle the obesity crisis. Professor Sir Sam Everington also said the capital needed to declare "a war on chicken shops" as he proposed mini-greengrocers at the 270 Tube stations. more
People living in deprived areas of England are more likely to be prescribed opioid drugs for pain relief than those in wealthier parts of the country, according to research.more
People living in rented flats have measurably higher levels of stress chemicals in their blood than homeowners or those living in a detached property, a study suggests.more
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today launched the world's most advanced and comprehensive network of air quality monitors to help investigate and improve London's toxic air.more
Dublin has been rated one of the greenest cities on the planet thanks to the acres of parks in the centre of the capital. A new study ranks the Irish city at number six in the ratings of the world's cities with the best parks.more
The husband of a woman who suffered a catastrophic stroke after the birth of their second child has said all he wants is to bring his wife home. Aleksandra Filak (34) suffered a stroke just three weeks after giving birth to her daughter Anastasia in November 2017.more
Tottenham striker Harry Kane will miss a massive seven EPL matches as well as his side's last-16 Champions League matches after scans on his injured ankle came back with the worst results possible.more
The Public Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom tests artificial intelligence (AI) from Kheiron Medical to detect breast cancer. The technology is to help hospitals in the face of shortages among radiologists - said the Financial Times.more
You can still support The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (GOCC, Polish Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy, WOŚP) - the biggest, non-governmental, non-profit, charity organization in Polandmore
A number of restaurants listed on Just Eat, the biggest online food delivery app in the UK, have been found to sell food that could cause allergic reactions, an investigation has found.more
Polish blood donors were coming forward in droves on Monday in a bid to save the life of Gdansk's mayor, who needs transfusions after being stabbed in the heart and abdomen while on stage at a charity event. Doctors operated for five hours on Mayor Pawel Adamowicz, who was stabbed Sunday by an ex-convict who rushed onto the stage with a knife, carried out the attack and shouted it was political remore
The mayor of the Polish city of Gdansk has been seriously injured after being stabbed on stage at the country's biggest charity event, officials say. Pawel Adamowicz, 53, was taken to hospital, where he is in a critical condition after five hours of surgery.more
The mayor of a city in Poland was in a very serious condition after he was stabbed while on stage during the finale of a large charity event, Poland's interior minister said.more
NHS leaders are preparing to risk a backlash by relaxing long-established key treatment waiting time targets, including hospitals' duty to deal with A&E patients within four hours.more
Fresh concerns over air quality on the London Underground have been raised after researchers found that the concentration of particulate pollution in tube stations was up to 30 times higher than beside busy roads in the capital.more
