Coping with Grief at Christmas
Two leading Priory experts in mental health and bereavement counselling offer advice on getting through Christmas Everyone experiences the pain of bereavement, and the struggle...
Vision
The Vision category brings together forward-looking perspectives, emerging research and thought-provoking insights across health and wellbeing. It highlights breakthroughs, explores complex conditions and examines the wider social and psychological factors that influence health. From innovative treatments and new diagnostic tools to broader conversations about prevention and quality of life, this category looks beyond the immediate to consider where healthcare and wellbeing are heading.
Blast Damaged Children – World Extreme Medicine
One in six children in the world live in a conflict zones and are seven times more likely to die from blast injuries than adults...
Ayahuasca Compound Changes Brainwaves to vivid “Waking Dream” State
Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness by significantly altering the brain's electrical activity. DMT (or dimethyltryptamine) is...
High-Fat Maternal Diet Can Cause Brain Damage in the Unborn Child
A study team at MedUni Vienna’s Center for Brain Research has found that high-fat maternal diets can cause life-long changes in the brain of the...
Queen’s Nutrition Scientists Selected for International Research Projects
Two scientists from the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast have been selected to participate in pioneering, international research in the...
TV Linked to Sugar Consumption & Rotten Teeth in Children
Children who watch over 90 minutes of television a day are more likely to eat sugar and suffer from tooth decay, according to the findings...
Online Drug Addiction & Misuse
You may have noticed advertising on tube platforms, on buses and generally across the UK for new online pharmacist services. Just one example of...
Opioids – How to Prevent an American-style Crisis in Britain
Introduction: What are opioids? Opioids are medicinal compounds, deriving originally from opium. There are so-called “weaker opioids” (codeine, dihydrocodeine) and stronger opioids (morphine, oxycodone, fentanyl,...
New Evolution-busting Drug Overcomes Resistance in Aggressive Breast Cancers
A new type of drug that blocks one of cancer’s key evolutionary escape routes from chemotherapy could be used to treat aggressive breast cancers, a...
Dealing with Swollen Feet and Ankles in Pregnancy
Pregnant and feeling puffy? Suddenly can’t seem to squeeze into your shoes? Are you in desperate need of ways to reduce the swelling, so it...
