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The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies
Health, Sports & Psychology

The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies

...mental health hospital. Now he was dead. I lived in the street for three more years. When I left, Jonny’s house had been boarded up, the windows barricaded with sheets of rusted metal. The only window left untouched was the one at the top, the one through which the neighbours used to hear him sing. *** When someone dies by suicide, they leave behind questions. Attend a...
Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people
Society, Politics & Law

Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people

...health and nutrition clinics for maternal and child anaemia’ (Guntupalli and Mugwagwa, 2017), shows that the challenges resulted in severe nutritional and health insecurity affecting particularly children, women and older people. While health statistics show underperformance, it is surprising, but important to note, that Zimbabwe’s nutritional crisis is not that...
Charlie Sheen, Rock Hudson and the changing face of HIV stigma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Charlie Sheen, Rock Hudson and the changing face of HIV stigma

...health now is to get the estimated 6,600 people who have undiagnosed HIV infection to come forward for testing. Changing times Transcript HIV stigma has come a long way, too. Perhaps it was because the symptoms of HIV were so visible in the 1980s that those who first wrote about it were cultural theorists such as Sander Gilman and Simon Watney. Recent cinematic histories...
Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?
Science, Maths & Technology

Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?

...health and they keep our bodies in balance; having healthy, diverse gut microbiota means we are less likely to get diseases because we are better equipped. They help us to maintain essential functions such as blood glucose control, metabolic rates and provide essential vitamins as well as helping us to ward off invading pathogens (microbes that can cause disease)....
Supporting female performance in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...mental wellbeing and as a result can cause problems, such as social isolation, low self-esteem, depression and a lower quality of life. They also reported that 20% of women had given up playing sport due to UI. In addition to this there are several risk factors for pelvic floor dysfunction, and these are older age, obesity, childbirth, menopause and exercise (Teixeira et...
Sut mae rheoli straen ddigidol technoleg
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sut mae rheoli straen ddigidol technoleg

...mental health, 3(4), e50 Seo, H.S., Jeong, E., Sungwon, C., Kwon, Y., Park, H. & Kim, Inseong (2017) Neurotransmitters in Young People with Internet and Smartphone Addiction: A Comparison with Normal Controls and Changes after Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. RSNA conference presentation in Neuroradiology (Cognitive and Psychiatric Disorders):
World Social Work Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Social Work Day

...health and social care, select from our fantastic range of free resources on the subject. You can: Try a day in the life of a social worker with our interactive. Take our quiz 'How much do you know about children in care?' Listen to our podcasts on social work practice, work and law. Take a look at our free courses on social work and care. Take it further with the OU with...
Writing your research proposal
Education & Development

Writing your research proposal

...Health and Social Care, the DHSC. Achieving a doctorate, whether a PhD, EdD or DHSC confers the title Dr. Why write a Research Proposal? To be accepted onto a PhD / Professional Doctorate (PD) programme in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) at The Open University, you are required to submit a research proposal. Your proposal will outline the...