Learning first aid for dogs could save your pet’s life one day, says Emma Hammett. For many people, their dog truly is their best (and most loyal) friend. Whilst they provide amazing companionship, they can also get into all sorts of scraps and scrapes, eating things they shouldn’t eat and going places they shouldn’t go. […]
In celebration of International Day of The Midwife we hear from Cristina Ceroli, a midwife for MSF, who talks about her experiences working in the field. My name is Cristina and I am a midwife originally from Italy. After working for almost five years in the NHS, I joined Doctors without Borders (MSF) and I am […]
Sadie Frost, actress, author, fashion designer, producer, busy mum, talks about how a digital app with a human face has helped her find equilibrium in her life. ‘I like to think that I take pretty good care of my health and wellbeing but I’m also juggling jobs as a working mother and my life can […]
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This week, Irish author Mark O’Connell won the prestigious £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize 2018 for his critically acclaimed debut To Be a Machine. Edmund De Waal, Chair of Judges, 2018 Wellcome Book Prize, said his book was ‘a passionate, entertaining and cogent examination of those who would choose to live forever.” To Be a Machine: […]
Positive East, London’s largest HIV charity that has been at the forefront of HIV services for 26 years, recently began to partner with faith leaders as they represent symbols of hope and can be used as agents of change to deliver HIV prevention services. This is because religion plays a major role in the life […]
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Ovarian cancer incidence globally is estimated to climb by nearly 55 per cent in the next two decades, according to figures today from the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition ahead of World Ovarian Cancer Day on May 8th. In the UK, ovarian cancer incidence rates are projected to rise 15 per cent in the same time […]
We’ve all been told that we should recycle plastic bottles and containers. But what actually happens to the plastic if we just throw it away? Emma Bryce traces the life cycles of three different plastic bottles, shedding light on the dangers these disposables present to our world. […]
Despite the fact that over three quarters of all cancers in the UK are diagnosed in those aged over 60, older adults are frequently ignored by journalists and media outlets, who prefer to focus on younger people. That’s the conclusion of researchers from the University of Glasgow and funded by Cancer Research UK, who found […]
We have come a long way since 1991 when Diana, Princess of Wales was photographed sitting by the bedsides of people with HIV and our screens were flooded with terrifying images of gigantic, collapsing tombstones. In the past 25 years, drugs to treat this previously life-threatening illness have evolved from multiple pills to single pill […]
Bowel Cancer UK and Beating Bowel Cancer is funding six bowel cancer research projects totaling nearly £440,000, part of the charity’s investment to support research with the greatest benefits for those at risk and affected by the disease. All the research projects support the charity’s vision that by 2050 no one will die from bowel […]