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Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?

...Mental stimulation - do some brain boosting activities; learn a new language, enjoy puzzles or read a good book. Avoid smoking - nicotine damages the blood vessels and reduces the amount of blood that reaches your brain. Manage existing illnesses - other health conditions such as type 2 diabetes can increase the risk of dementia. Reduce stress - don't forget to breathe...
Will more money for the NHS deliver for midwife services?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will more money for the NHS deliver for midwife services?

...various ways in which the government’s squeeze on NHS funding has impacted on different services. From A&E waiting times, to staff shortages, over-stretched GPs, cancer care and mental health – services are under increasing pressure despite the best efforts of fantastic NHS staff. This personal view was originally published on OpenDemocracy under a CC-BY-NC licence...
Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?

...health crisis. People have been shocked at the postponement of major sports events, such as the 2020 Olympic Games, but this is a minor issue when we consider there are thousands of people around the world dying daily. However, the loss of live sport has left a chasm in the changing lives of millions of people and in particular those for whom performance sport is their...
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...health conditions, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, some cancers and some mental health disorders. The gut microbiome is the largest and most diverse of the microbiomes and is particularly important in maintaining optimal health. However, there are numerous factors which can affect the balance of the microorganisms in the gut microbiome, such as genetics,...
Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list

...mental health as fodder for media flim-flam, Dr Andrew Bell points out that passing off out-of-thin-air equations as science undervalues science as a whole: First, stories like this devalue real evidence: real findings about the world that actually do matter to people. Hundreds of researchers across the world are working to find things out that will better society. When...
Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media
Society, Politics & Law

Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media

...mental health is perhaps one of the greatest challenges. Young children cannot distinguish between advertising and editorial or entertainment content... Yet among all this debate about how social media has changed our lives, children’s exposure to advertising on social media is rarely discussed. This is ironic, as advertising pays for social media. It drives the design...
The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth
Society, Politics & Law

The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth

...mental health services for traumatised survivors of the Troubles expanded at the same rate? Have public transport routes to isolated rural areas, or social housing provision in our cities, also doubled? They have not. Moreover, wages remain low here, and in many public and private sectors they have remained stagnant or in a state of real decline for the decade following...
Stress Awareness Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress Awareness Collection

...And National Stress Awareness Day is the first Wednesday of November. We've put together some of our top FREE related wellbeing tips, courses and and other learning resources to support and help any time you need them...April is National Stress Awareness Month in the UK so we've curated some of our top content on stress and how to combat it in the FREE resources below....