Treatment options for overactive bladder
While the medical community searches for a reliable biological marker or a clinical test which could define Overactive Bladder Syndrome (or OAB), it is safe...
Women’s Health
The Women’s Health section explores a wide range of topics relating to women’s health, including breast and ovarian cancer, fertility, childbirth, and sexual health. It emphasises the importance of a global, multidisciplinary approach to these issues, addressing challenges such as delayed endometriosis diagnoses and the impact of climate change on pregnant women. The section also delves into the psychological aspects of health, like managing ‘chemo-brain’ in breast cancer survivors, and explores the genetic links between conditions like endometriosis and IBS, highlighting the diverse and complex nature of women’s health concerns.
Should bigger babies be delivered early?
Should bigger babies be delivered early? A baby larger than predicted by a mother’s size can cause complications at birth. One of the major problems...
Would you use a public access defibrillator?
All around the country - in health centres, schools and even old phone boxes - public access defibrillators are being installed to help people treat...
Heart Rhythm Congress in 12th year
Twelve years ago, the first Heart Rhythm Congress took place at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham with an invited audience of 850. I am...
Vitamins for winter
It's important to take a combination of vitamins to keep you feeling good this Winter and to help prevent unwanted coughs and colds. Vitamin D...
#EyeHealth
National Eye Health Week (18 – 24 September 2017) aims to help improve the nation's eye health. This short was an entry for the cathedral eye...
One million people living with avoidable sight loss
One million people in the UK are living with avoidable sight loss severe enough to have a significant impact on their daily lives - leaving...
The mental health effects of doing time
As part of its investigation into offender mental health in London, the London Assembly Health Committee held a public discussion on 19 April 2017, and...
The impact of alopecia on women
The impact that alopecia is having on British women’s lives is huge. Knowing how common hair loss is and how important self-image is to most...
Tired all the time? It may be sleep apnoea
If you’re tired all the time, you might not merely be working hard, you may have serious underlying medical condition known as obstructive sleep apnoea....
