Having a baby is the most natural thing in the world. Or is it? Today’s new mothers are more likely than ever to go through labour that has been artificially induced. In fact, the trend for inducing labour has reached epidemic proportions over the last two decades. According to the Department of Health figures for […]
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food – Hippocrates. What we eat is the most important way to prevent disease, so nutrition should be regarded as the most important way of maintaining good health. Herbs and fruit don’t cost much to buy but their many health-giving properties are often overlooked by modern […]
Five years ago my dad took his own life. But I’m lucky. I’m incredibly lucky to have people around me that saw me through the hardest time of my life and continue to do so. Lucky that I have entered a career where I can build on my understanding of mental health and what it […]
Since I began my studies I have, perhaps unsurprisingly, become somewhat of a hypochondriac. The infamous ‘medical student syndrome’ is hard to escape when you spend every day reading about numerous conditions often with non-specific symptoms. A twinge of pain can transform into terminal cancer, a headache into meningitis. My favourite ailment so far struck […]
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Heart transplant rejection Last year there were 145 heart transplant operations carried out in the UK, which is a life-saving treatment for people with acute heart failure. People who have undergone this procedure do need to take drugs that suppress the immune system for the rest of their lives or their bodies will reject the […]
Poor air quality in London affects everyone. Children and people with lung conditions are particularly at risk of suffering ill health effects. 330,000 London children go to school in areas with illegal pollution levels. Exposure to air pollution increases the risk of lung cancer, impairs child lung development and increases the risk of hospitalisation among […]
‘One of the main risk factors for bowel cancer is genetic predisposition but it has been linked to eating too much red or cured meat. No one knows why this is the case although it may be something to do with how the gut manages that volume of protein. What we do know is that […]
Colorectal cancer is a general term applied to malignant tumours occurring anywhere within the colon (large bowel or large intestine). This includes the rectum which is the last part of the colon before the anus. Colorectal cancer is the second highest cause of cancer death in the in the UK (behind lung). Most cases occur […]
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As the largest acupuncture organisation in the UK, we represent 6,500 physiotherapists who are interested in integrating Western evidence-based acupuncture into mainstream physiotherapy for the management of pain and systemic conditions. Our members include physiotherapists applying acupuncture within clinical management in both the National Health Service (NHS) and private practice. On the eve of the […]
Echoism – A life dominated by the other. Psychotherapists Mark Linington, Chair of the Bowlby Centre, Elisa Morris and Nell Montgomery offer a reworking of the myth of Narcissus and Echo to illustrate a common theme in their clients, where sense of self and identity have been sacrificed for the sake of the another. It […]