Rishi Sunak has outlined a series of reforms aimed at those on PIP, Universal Credit, legacy benefits or those on long-term illness, with the aim of reining in escalating costs and tackling issues such as inactivity, long-term illness and benefits fraud. The Prime Minister described the overhaul of the welfare system as a “moral mission” … Read more
PIP payments could be stopped for more than a million people under new plans to reform the DWP benefit. The UK government’s welfare reform proposals could see Personal Independence Payments (PIP), worth up to £737.20 every four weeks, stopped and replaced with talking therapies for more than a million people with mental illnesses. Disability charity … Read more
Credit – Getty Images IIn the 19th century, a French Canadian named Alexis St. Martin was shot in the stomach while in a fur trading post when someone’s musket accidentally fired at close range. He survived, but his injuries left a hole in his stomach wall. This provided an early insight – literally – into … Read more
A woman demonstrates a technique used in neurofeedback therapy. Wires connect points on her head to an electroencephalogram (EEG) monitor on a computer as she watches a movie on a screen. (Submitted by Elumind Centers For Brain Excellence – image credit) A growing number of psychiatrists and psychologists in BC say they are successfully treating … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Greener newsletter. Our limited series of newsletters guides you through minimizing your personal role in the climate crisis – and reducing your environmental concerns. As the climate crisis worsens, we see farmers whose crops dry up and people losing their homes due to rampant wildfires. But there is another … Read more