If you were one of the thousands who started New Year with a dip in the chilly waters of the sea or in the Serpentine in London’s Hyde Park, you already know what a magical experience it is to swim in muted winter light, with sparkling frost on the ground. As an all-year-round outdoor swimmer […]
February the 1st. Never a great day. Grim. Grey. But this year could be different… […]
Dry January feels like it’s been around forever, doesn’t it? It’s as ubiquitously January as New Year’s resolutions and the post-Christmas belly. But how much do you know about it? Dry January has gone from zero to over five million participants in four years. This is its fifth year running, and we’re expecting the biggest […]
Boxing day has arrived and we can all look forward to eating leftovers for the next few days. Take heart though – Christmas fare, in moderation, can actually be good for you, even if aren’t really looking forward to curried turkey salad and refried sprouts. Brussels sprouts These contain more than your daily requirement of […]
Christmas is the season of giving and goodwill and NHS Digital has trawled through the analytics of NHS Choices over the past year to bring you the numbers behind what the nation is searching for via this improvised Christmas Carol. On the first day of Christmas NHS Choices gave to me – 525 million reasons […]
Christmas is many things to many people. For some, it’s about family time, others good food and drink, for some it’s the gifts or traditions, the tree, or simply the children’s excitement. Whatever the best (or worst) bits of Christmas are for you, it is invariably stressful in the run up to Christmas and often […]
As an academic, I am interested in the political and health nexus of conflict, and three years ago, I was working on an academic study concerning sexual and reproductive health amongst forcibly displaced communities in Greece. As I explored the high rates of survival sex amongst young migrants, it became abundantly clear that the entire […]
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The Royal Society of Medicine and ITN Productions have launched ‘21st Century Healthcare,’ a news and current affairs-style programme which explores the need for a collaborative approach to medicine to encourage new thinking. The programme brings to life the solutions to some prominent healthcare issues. ‘21st Century Healthcare’ showcases clinicians, academics and innovators who are […]
No cash, no care is the reality for many patients in many countries around the world and it is harming the most vulnerable people including refugees, displaced people, pregnant women and children, says Medecins Sans Frontieres At a Malawian health care centre, a mother receives only half of the pills she needs to treat her […]
Ruth Taylor lived and worked in the foothills of the Himalayas during the decade of the nineties. Based at Woodstock School in Musoorie , a hill station in North India, she travelled extensively in the region. She regularly visited and stayed with Dr Rajesh and Rajkumari Singh who run an isolated rural hospital, village clinics and […]