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What is polio and why is it back?
A young boy receives a drop of the polio vaccine
Polio

What is polio and why is it back?

Cost of living: Why you should check if you're eligible for free prescriptions
A handful of different colour pills sit on a dark wood table
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living: Why you should check if you're eligible for free prescriptions

Alyssa Mancao and the rise of social media therapists
Health

Alyssa Mancao and the rise of social media therapists

How to deal with new rules for restaurant menus if you’re worried they might be triggering
Mental health

How to deal with new rules for restaurant menus if you’re worried they might be triggering

Why quick access to a defibrillator is the difference between life and death
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Why quick access to a defibrillator is the difference between life and death

Why isn't the UK training enough doctors?
NHS

Why isn't the UK training enough doctors?

Breaking the stigma of a dementia diagnosis
Health

Breaking the stigma of a dementia diagnosis

Changemakers 2022: Health and sport
Changemakers 2022

Changemakers 2022: Health and sport

Experts share the tips you need to successfully complete Dry January
Dry January
DRy January

Experts share the tips you need to successfully complete Dry January

ADHD waiting times 'crisis' as patients face seven-year wait for NHS diagnosis
ADHD

ADHD waiting times 'crisis' as patients face seven-year wait for NHS diagnosis

Any kind of calm will do: The growing trend of mindfulness
Lucy Sweet

Any kind of calm will do: The growing trend of mindfulness

Pandemic effect on deprived children's health could last into adulthood
children's health
health inequality

Pandemic effect on deprived children's health could last into adulthood

Underfunded and overworked: Midwives reveal extent of NHS maternity crisis
Maternity crisis

Underfunded and overworked: Midwives reveal extent of NHS maternity crisis

#PostYourPill: The trend aiming to destigmatise mental health medication
#PostYourPill trend
Mental health

#PostYourPill: The trend aiming to destigmatise mental health medication

World AIDS Day: 5 myths people need to unlearn
world aids day
health

World AIDS Day: 5 myths people need to unlearn

'If I stopped using speed it would be a massive step back': Life with undiagnosed adult ADHD
ADHD

'If I stopped using speed it would be a massive step back': Life with undiagnosed adult ADHD

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How to get a free flu jab and Covid vaccine booster as the winter sets in
A nurse gives a woman a flu jab in Scotland
Health

How to get a free flu jab and Covid vaccine booster as the winter sets in

Watch this powerful video made for World Suicide Prevention Day
Poet Hussain Manawer has teamed up with Movember for World Suicide Prevention Day
Health

Watch this powerful video made for World Suicide Prevention Day

Be like Simone Biles: Olympian could help more to prioritise mental health
Health

Be like Simone Biles: Olympian could help more to prioritise mental health

What can ultra-runners teach us about suffering?
Health

What can ultra-runners teach us about suffering?