A new study from the University of Bristol has revealed a dramatic drop in children’s physical activity levels by the time they finish primary school. Between the ages of six and 11, children lost on average more than an hour of exercise in the week, wit...
A review of the evidence on the use of complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies to treat babies with colic has shown some that some treatments - including probiotics, fennel extract and spinal manipulation - do appear to help, but that overall the e...
Children of women who reported domestic violence in pregnancy or during the first six years of the child's life are almost 50 per cent more likely to have a low IQ at age eight, research has found.
Doctors should avoid co-prescribing benzodiazepines to opioid dependent patients who are being treated with methadone or buprenorphine, also known as opioid agonist treatment (OAT), due to a three-fold increase in risk of overdose death, according to a s...
A documentary featuring members of the Parkinson’s and Other Movement Disorders (MOVE) Health Integration Team has won Best Science Documentary at the Grierson 2019 British Documentary Awards.
Work conducted by our Drug and Alcohol HIT members has led to ‘low dead space’ syringes being phased into Bristol’s needle and syringe programme.
Our Parkinson’s and other Movement Disorders HIT has been working closely with the charity Parkinson’s UK to embed their local advisor into clinics run at the Bristol Brain Centre.
Two of our HITS - Integrated Pain Management and Bristol Bones and Joints - have been working together to redesign how we plan and deliver chronic pain services, as part of Healthier Together’s wider reconfiguration of musculoskeletal services. The co...
The Stroke HIT aphasia group created accessible resources with help from speech therapists and communications staff from Healthier Together.
Our Active Older People HIT and Active Ageing Bristol (AAB) are delivering the basis for a ‘prevention at scale’ programme through initiatives that help older people to be less isolated and to increase physical strength and mobility through combined fitn...
23 January
Some nice examples of working with communities in South Glos to provide social connections https://t.co/ri9FxXGWrp
23 January
RT @dhi_online: Come along to the #TakeDrugsSeriously exhibition from 5-7.30pm today. We'll be there showcasing our peers work and how we h…
23 January
First session all about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their impact on health - having 6 or more ACEs mea… https://t.co/z0v1hTEo2K
23 January
We’re @sgloscouncil event on health inequalities today. Like this @dhi_online roadmap for what happens on day one o… https://t.co/QpN0HRMeQJ
22 January
Looking forward to today’s @WEAHSN event with South West informatics leads + presentation from @HarryAEvans should… https://t.co/nen84xsuZa
