What do women need to know about menopause and the heart?
Dr Deborah Lee, Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare Specialist, Menopause Specialist of Dr Fox Online Pharmacy, highlights the effects that menopause has on the heart and discusses how HRT could be beneficial to you.
World Sleep Day: Why you need more sleep in your life and how to...
To celebrate World Sleep Day, Suzy Glaskie, Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach and founder of Peppermint Wellness, offers her expertise about why we need more sleep and provides top tips on how to get it.
World Glaucoma Week: The importance of eye examinations
In recognition of World Glaucoma Week, The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) highlights how a simple eye test is a key way to detect Glaucoma.
Alzheimer’s and dementia funding rises in the U.S.
Rachel Conant, Vice President Federal Affairs, Alzheimer’s Association and Alzheimer’s Impact Movement, provides us with an update on Alzheimer’s and dementia funding rises in the United States.
The importance of keeping the kidneys healthy
Here, Dr Masanori Katakura from the Laboratory of Nutritional Physiology, explains the importance of keeping the kidneys healthy, as well as the surprisingly common condition, chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Rishi Sunak budget: The tampon tax has been abolished
The anticipated budget released by Chancellor Rishi Sunak abolishes the 5% tampon tax in the UK: Read more about period poverty on OAG.
Taking our chance with healthcare: Interoperability in the NHS beyond the cliché
Mike Odling-Smee, Technical Director at Aire Logic, takes us on a journey around interoperability in the NHS beyond the cliché when it comes to the opportunities around healthcare.
World Glaucoma Week 2020: A guide for contact lens wearers
As part of World Glaucoma Week, Alastair Lockwood, ophthalmologist and eye health specialist at Feel Good Contacts, explains how to minimise the risks of developing glaucoma in later life, and for lens wearers, how to ensure you are wearing them most effectively.
Eye health: Testing the safety of stem cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration
Kapil Bharti, PhD, Senior Investigator and Head of the Ocular and Stem Cell Translational Research Section at the National Eye Institute (NEI), explains testing the safety of a stem cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration in this special focus on eye health.
The rise in emergency hospital admissions and the impact of this on diabetes patients
Emma Elvin, Senior Clinical Advisor at Diabetes UK, highlights a relentless and unsustainable rise in emergency hospital admissions in the UK’s NHS and the impact of this on those with diabetes.
Meeting global needs in Diabetes care
The University of Salford’s Diabetes Care education programmes are designed to address and meet the need for specialist care in the UK and internationally.
Presenteeism: Bad for workers, bad for business
Chris Wakefield, Vice President, European Marketing & Product Development, GOJO Industries-Europe Ltd. explores the rise of presenteeism and how to mitigate its impact via good hand hygiene.
EHDEN: The need for European Infrastructure and Health Data Space
Nigel Hughes, Scientific Director at Observational Health Data Analytics, discusses EHDEN project in an environment of AI hype, socio-political unrest and healthcare demands.
The new GP IT Futures Digital Care Services framework
Martin Warden, NHS Digital’s Programme Director for Digital Transformation in General Practice, charts the importance of the new GP IT Futures Digital Care Services framework.
COVID-19 response: UK want to delay mass infection until summer
Today (3 March) Boris Johnson unveiled the Government’s COVID-19 response plan for the immediate future, including bringing back NHS retirees.
Can natural remedies bring an end to migraines?
Hannah Charman, Physic Health, discusses the causes and treatment for migraines with a specific focus on natural remedies.
Is the menopause affecting you at work?
Dr Deborah Lee, Specialist in Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare and Menopause, Dr Fox Online Pharmacy, discusses how the menopause may be affecting you at work.
Scotland due to pass bill to eradicate period poverty
Scotland are due to set a global precedent with their bill to eradicate period poverty via free sanitary products.
2020: The Global Year for the Prevention of Pain
2020 is the Global Year for the Prevention of Pain. James Boyce, Managing Editor at Pain Concern explains here why that matters.
What is research bringing to asthma and COPD patients in Europe?
According to Maximilian Kunisch and Giuseppe De Carlo from the European Federation of Allergies and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations, respiratory patients in Europe need to set the research priorities for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
