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Two-year NHS waiting times reveal system’s struggle with rise in ADHD and autism awareness

NHS assessment bottlenecks have knock-on effects, leading to delays in medical help and lack of access to specialist support That NHS boards have imposed minimum two-year waiting times for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism assessments shows a health service struggling to deal with the consequences of huge changes in understanding of and social attitudes to these conditions.…

Two-year NHS waiting times reveal system’s struggle with rise in ADHD and autism awareness

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Could childhood sugar intake raise the risk of adult anxiety?

Exposure to sugar in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, from conception to around the age of two and a half, increases the risk of developing anxiety in adulthood, according to a new study.

  • Childhood sugar intake may raise adult anxiety risk
  • UK study of 45,000 individuals born 1951-1956
  • Early sugar restriction linked to 33% lower anxiety risk

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