Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating disease of the central nervous system and affects approximately 100,000 individuals in the United Kingdom. The cause of MS is unknown and is likely to involve genetic and environmental factors as well as lifestyle choices. There is no cure for MS and current therapies are limited and primarily address […]
Over a third of adults in the UK would not be worried if they had a few of the potential symptoms of pancreatic cancer, according to survey results released by Pancreatic Cancer UK today, the first day of its Purple Alert campaign to mark pancreatic cancer awareness month. The charity is concerned this could mean that […]
The health of people with diabetes is being put at risk due to the failure of doctors to recognise an important subtype of diabetes which is known as Type 3c, according to a new study in the journal Diabetes Care. In the first ever study of its kind, researchers from the University of Surrey, examined the […]
We’ve all forgotten to pack our toothbrush for the holiday, or the reason why we went up the stairs. But for some older people, robbed of their entire memory, life comes to a complete standstill – and that’s because “life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by so quickly you […]
For many people, October represents cosy jumpers, falling leaves and a plethora of pumpkins. But for Breast Cancer Now, October means only one thing: Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM). Throughout the year our supporters are relentlessly raising money for world-class breast cancer research, whether by rattling collection tins, running marathons, or baking up a storm. […]
Magic mushrooms may ease depression by ‘resetting’ the activity of key brain circuits of patients where conventional treatments have failed. That’s the key finding of a study by researchers from Imperial College London who used psilocybin – the psychoactive compound that occurs naturally in magic mushrooms – to treat a small number of patients with […]
Watch this short video on the birth of the NHS: Your Very Good Health – 1948 – Charlie Dean Archives […]
The healthcare infrastructure in Mosul (Iraq’s 2nd largest city) was completely destroyed by ISIS and as the city had been held under siege for over three years, hundreds of thousands of civilians had suffered immensely. From the day of arriving at the trauma field hospital, I was working within a dynamic team providing trauma care […]
Fadumo Omar Mohamed joined Médecins Sans Frontières in 2013 as a Mental Health Activity Manager. Her latest assignment took her to Zimbabwe. This blog explains MSF’s mental health project in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare. ‘As human beings we must be aware that without a “healthy mind” we have no health at all. Almost […]
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Over the last 40 years, there has been a tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity, according to a new study by Imperial College London and the World Health Organisation. By 2022, there will be more obese children and adolescents alive than those underweight. The news comes as we mark World Obesity Day, 11th October. […]