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Health, Sports & Psychology
Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?
This article explores how Veganuary’s growth has sparked a global shift toward veganism, changing consumption habits and raising awareness about animal rights.
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St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon
Every year on 13 December, Sweden celebrates St Lucia’s Day – a festive tradition that marks the start of the Christmas season.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Tricky Topics in Nursing
Nasogastric tube insertion, chest auscultation, intramuscular injection and oxygen administration are all demonstrated in these videos suitable for nurses and other healthcare professionals.
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Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing
Did you know that doctors were exploring the links between mental health and music back in the Victorian era? This article explains more about musical treatments in the asylum.
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Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?
During the festive period, our food choices may change from what we usually eat. But what does this do to our gut microbiota? Let’s explore the impact of festive feasting on the gut and how what we eat can affect the microbial populations in our guts.
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Caring for adults
Caring for adults is an introductory course for anyone in a caring role, either paid or unpaid. It builds on what you already know to give you a better understanding of your role as a carer. It also supports your own well-being by giving you some ideas and information about looking after yourself and dealing with stress.
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An overview of wound care
This information is a review of wound care. It contains information to help you feel more confident in supporting people managing in their needs and rehabilitation. As with all clinical information, you should seek out and follow local policy.
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Understanding mental capacity
This free course, Understanding mental capacity, covers the principles and criteria underpinning the assessment of mental capacity and decision making in the UK.
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Introducing ageing
Everyone is ageing, whatever their current age, and we live in a world where many people are living much longer than previous generations. This is often seen as a problem. But is it? This free course, Introducing ageing, will help you to think about this issue by introducing you to some key ideas in studying later life.
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Introducing public health
This free course, Introducing public health, presents some key elements of public health and health promotion. It considers the scope and focus of public health and how it is subject to change and located within the wider global context.
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Codi ymwybyddiaeth a chymorth i ddynion
Tybed pam mae angen diwrnod ymwybyddiaeth dynion arnom? Mae'r erthygl hon yn archwilio pam mae angen i ni ymestyn empathi i ddynion a allai fod yn ei chael hi'n anodd ac edrych ar rywfaint o'r cymorth sydd ar gael.
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Raising awareness and support for men
Wondering why we need a men’s awareness day? This article explores why we need to extend empathy to men who may be struggling and looks at some of the support available.