Making men look good and feel better too

Having successfully supported women for more than 24 years, national charity, Look Good Feel Better has developed a new programme to help men manage some of the side-effects of cancer treatment – providing expert advice all over the UK through, ‘Skin Fitness’ Workshops, a ‘Manual for Men’ and online tutorials. Sarahjane Robertson, Executive Director of […]

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Stem cell research for ‘untreatable’ STDs

Stem cell research offers hope for those with ‘untreatable’ STDs. Stem cell research has advanced significant research which could offer hope to people suffering from previously incurable sexually transmitted diseases, such as herpes. The UK’s Stem Cell bank StemProtect.co.uk, has analysed the latest in clinical trials of stem cell treatments and seen real positive steps […]

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What is Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a long term condition that causes tenderness and pain in the muscles and can affect sleep and mood. ‘Fibromyalgia literally means painful muscles and it is a collection of symptoms rather than a specific disease that is well understood,’ says Dr Ganean Baranidharan, consultant in anaesthesia and pain medicine at Leeds Teaching Hospitals […]

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Fewer children buying cigarettes in shops

Removing displays of tobacco products from shops may have reduced the proportion of children buying cigarettes by 17 per cent, according to new research from Imperial College London. The research, the first analysis of the impact of the 2015 tobacco display ban in England, assessed survey responses from 18,000 11-15 year olds from across England […]

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Mediterranean diet may reduce stroke in women

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Following a Mediterranean-style diet may reduce stroke risk in women over 40 but not in men – according to new research led by the University of East Anglia. A new report, published in the latest issue of the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke, reveals that a diet high in fish, fruit, vegetables, nuts and beans, […]

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Rocking your role – women as the bread winners

I am an executive coach and an author of a book called ‘Rocking Your Role’ which is a guide to success for women who are the main earner at home and a leadership trainer. When I was asked to be a part of this panel I thought what do I have to say about coercive […]

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Nursing during the 1918 flu pandemic

A new exhibition opening at the Florence Nightingale Museum, in the basement of St Thomas’s Hospital, London, on 21st September explores nursing during history’s deadliest flu pandemic in 1918. Building on Florence Nightingale’s work during the Crimean war, World War I ushered in a new era for military nursing. Women from all walks of life […]

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Christopher Exley on the Aluminium Age

Del Bigtree of Highwire interviews Prof Christopher Exley, following the 2018 11th Autoimmunity Congress held in Lisbon, Portugal. By the Aluminium Research Group – The Bioinorganic Chemistry of Aluminium & Silicon YouTube channel. Presentations, documentaries, interviews, press releases and more can all be found here. Please pay us a visit at www.keele.ac.uk/aluminium where you can […]

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Brits not eating enough greens

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One in twenty Brits have not eaten a single green vegetable in a MONTH or longer, according to a shocking new report. Nationwide research into the health and diet of Britons has revealed a staggering 68 percent have not put anything green on their plate for over a week, while nearly one in twenty (4 […]

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