January 21, 2011 /
Yasmin Barracks
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
“If I get stressed I die quicker, and I’m not prepared to do that.” Multiple Sclerosis (MS) sufferer Lisa Alabaksh, a former head teacher living in North London says this is exactly how she feels about living with MS. She was diagnosed with MS in February 2004 at the age of 35, when her symptoms…
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November 19, 2010 /
Yasmin Barracks
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
African Caribbean men have been advised by health care officials to make regular trips to their GPs to avoid developing one of the most common forms of cancer in the UK. Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in the UK among men after lung cancer. Recent Figures from Cancer Research shows…
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October 15, 2010 /
Yasmin Barracks
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
For Black History Month we are celebrating black British women who overcome the physical and mental challenges of lupus to achieve personal success. Figures from the West Midlands Lupus Society reveal that while 1 in 1000 white women in the UK suffer from lupus, for black women the figure is 1 in 250. High profile,…
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September 25, 2010 /
David Hutchinson
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
A community-based health and social care organization is helping to to raise awareness about road safety to tackle the problem of high rates of road traffic accidents in deprived areas. Pyramid Health and Social Care Association (PHASCA) recently hosted an annual youth community event which was organized by its Y2Y Youth Forum group. Young people…
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July 6, 2010 /
Deborah Gabriel
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
The writing is on the wall. We are a nation who is getting fatter. Our children are getting fatter, and globally obesity has become a worldwide epidemic. The Social Trends Report 2010 compiled by the Office for National Statistics and released last week, reveals that in 2008 almost a quarter of the adult population in…
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July 3, 2010 /
Deborah Bell
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
This week the BMA called for all homeopathic products and remedies (whether pills or creams) to be formally labelled with the term placebo. This has led to a fierce discussion on Vanessa Feltz's BBC London radio programme with the majority of callers supporting homeopathy. This stance is the not the first time the UK's medical professional…
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July 1, 2010 /
Yasmin Barracks
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Women experiencing breast cancer symptoms should be given high priority by GP’s to prevent late diagnosis, cancer sufferers have said. Those who spoke to People with Voices expressed concern about how GP’s respond to women displaying breast cancer symptoms. Amma Adjei, daughter of the late Dinah Adjei believes that a lack of priority and support…
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