Alcohol – is it all that bad?
According to a YouGov poll, 3.1 million people in the UK planned to take part in Dry January this year…
Women’s Health
Time to talk about Raynaud’s disease
Around 10 million people in the UK suffer from Raynaud’s disease, which affects blood circulation, causes some areas of the…
Bad sleep has massive impact on lives
Unhealthy food choices, rows with partners and short attention spans are among the most common knock-on effects of a bad…
Why do we fail to reach our fitness goals?
When it comes to attaining our fitness goals, our willpower only seems to last a few weeks. According to the…
Body shame cutting smear tests
Around 5 million UK women are invited to cervical screening each year, yet one in four do not attend to…
Loss of strength and mass in leg muscles
Research recently published in The Journal of Physiology has found that elderly people walk at a slower speed and tire…
Preventing domestic violence
Some of the most terrible facial injuries I have ever had to deal with have been due to domestic violence.…
Breastfeeding ‘failure’ fuels depression
Women need considerable practical and emotional support in the early days of breastfeeding to make it successful. Those who do…
Saving Faces Ted Talk
Facial surgeon Iain Hutchison works with people whose faces have been severely disfigured. By pushing to improve surgical techniques, he…
What HPV really is
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week is 22-28 January 2018. Find out what human papillomavirus or HPV really is, who can get…