The NHS is bracing itself for the toughest winter in a decade
Not only is it treating more patients than ever before, but A&E performance in the UK has slumped to a 10-year low. Almost one in...
Living with HIV: Protecting Myself & Others
Joey speaks about the importance of HIV treatment and how it allows him to live a healthy life without putting others at risk. Learn more...
1000 young women are being infected with HIV every day
United States Global AIDS Ambassador, Deborah Birx, explains why young women are more vulnerable to becoming infected with HIV. 1000 young women are being infected...
Why IVF technology is a boon
I would never have been able to have my babies without the help of IVF because I had both fallopian tubes removed when I was...
Hospice care UK and the US
Since the opening of the first modern hospice, St. Christopher’s, in south London in 1967, hospice care has grown into a worldwide movement that has...
Death and disability
The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme (LeDeR) in 2015 studied the mortality rates for people with learning disabilities (LD). Although LD is not shown on...
Through the eyes of a child
Research shows that parents – even the super-diligent ones – tend to overlook the health of their children’s eyes. Yes, they make a point of...
Good news for people with HIV
This has been an exciting year for everyone involved with Terrence Higgins Trust. In the first place, we had the interim results of the PARTNER...
Pinning a broken collarbone
‘Most broken collarbones are the result of a fall or a collision, so they tend to happen during contact sports such as rugby and skiing,...
All you need to know about crying
All animals well up with tears to clean or remove irritants from their eyes, but we are the only species who cry because of emotional...
