Medics need to be educated about weight stigma if the UK's obesity rate is to be successfully tackled say researchers. "To help tackle the UK's obesity crisis, we must better educate medical ...

To help tackle the UK's obesity crisis, we must better educate medical professionals on weight stigma, according to the conclusions of a large-scale review led by UCL researchers. It is widely ...

HIV is now a treatable condition and its transmission preventable, yet we are seeing new cases every day writes Will Kennedy ...

Weight-centric approaches to health have dominated medical practice for decades, but the consequences are becoming impossible to ignore. Research indicates that weight stigma can cause physical and ...

Wellbeing, particularly in the workplace, is at the heart of Word Diabetes Day 2025. Approximately 70% of people with diabetes are of working age and face challenges like diabetes stigma which can ...

Reverend Canon Gideon Byamugisha is Goodwill Ambassador on HIV & AIDS (Christian AID), and Scholar-In-Residence at The Queens Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, Birmingham, United ...

Addiction is one of society’s most misunderstood and rebuked health conditions. That stigma discourages many people from seeking treatment for substance dependence, according to a new report published ...

The Biden administration is set to place vending machines filled with drug paraphernalia and other supplies in rural Kentucky to help reduce the stigma of drug use and prevent the spread of HIV. The ...

Communities and people in Indiana are adversely affected by substance use disorders. In Indiana, 1 in 12 people meet criteria for a SUD the term used in the medical field for drug and alcohol abuse ...