Ready for your holidays? – Travel Vaccinations
Travel Vaccinations The cold weather and long dark days have driven us sunseekers to start booking up for our summer holidays early, but are we really ready? […]
Stroke Awareness Month
May is recognised globally as Stroke Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising public awareness and understanding of this life-altering medical condition. Throughout this month, healthcare professionals, organisations, and advocates join forces to educate communities on the risk factors, signs, and symptoms of strokes and the importance of timely medical intervention and rehabilitation. During Stroke [...]
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month Symptoms, Risks & Prevention Strategies
2025 Update: Latest News on Bowel Cancer in the UK As we enter April 2025, the focus on Bowel Cancer Awareness Month remains crucial, with new developments in screening, treatments, and research emerging over the past year. NHS Screening Expansion: The Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in England has now lowered the age for home testing [...]
CBT – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
CBT has been practised and studied since the early twentieth century when studies on animals linked good behaviour with good feelings. By the mid-twentieth century, more studies filled the gaps. The opportunities to use these practices within mental health care blossomed, with Dr Aaron Temkin Beck pioneering the way forward. Dr Aaron Beck, otherwise known [...]
lifestyle medicine
Our lifestyles can be the reason why we are feeling so tired and exhausted all the time, and taking over-the-counter remedies can feel like you're just papering over the problem rather than addressing it head-on. However, evidence-based lifestyle medical treatment can help you manage and conquer your problems through person-centred techniques and sustainable lifestyle changes. [...]
Gynaecology
Gynaecology is the medical term for diagnosing and treating women's diseases involving the reproductive organs, including the urinary tract. Currently, in the UK, NHS gynaecology waiting lists have grown by 60%, with over 40,000 women waiting over a year just to be seen by a specialist. While the NHS comes under strain, nibbling through the [...]
Premature and Early Menopause
Premature and early menopause is the subject of conversation with more awareness and understanding in and around the workplace, but how much do we really know about menopause and the effects it has on women day to day? Here we separate facts from fiction, highlight symptoms, and discuss treatments. At some point during a woman's [...]
World Aids Day 2022
World Aids Day 2022 - AIDS, Is it talked about enough? Do we still consider it a threat? It seems, for some, it is part of our history, a story to be told about young gay men in London dying of an unforeseen illness. TV programs, films, and books to be observed with little talk [...]
Movember – Raising Awareness For Men’s Cancer
Movember is a significant annual event designed to spread awareness about men's mental health issues involving prostate and testicular cancer. Men are notoriously hesitant to see a doctor, which often leads to later diagnosis of cancers, so raising awareness is vital. This event includes the growing of moustaches from the 1st of November to the [...]
