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Is norovirus an economic threat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is norovirus an economic threat?

...Health Computational and Operations Group (PHICOR) and the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), North America and South America account for over $22 billion each year. Europe nearly $8 billion. Africa over $3.8 billion. South and East Asia over $6.7 billion....
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What do safe drinking guidelines mean?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do safe drinking guidelines mean?

...health risks. There is a responsibility on Government to ensure this information is provided for citizens in an open way, so they can make informed choices. This admirable aim of treating the public as adults capable of making up their own minds seems in stark contrast with the authoritarian tone of publicity from the Department of Health, which baldly says “Men should...
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Rugby: A game of risk and reward
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby: A game of risk and reward

...mental toolkit that has led them to approach their rehabilitation with such tenacity and resolve. Matt Hampson’s Story Former England player Matt Hampson suffered a spinal injury in training in 2005 aged just 20 when a scrum collapsed. Hampson has spoken about how his background as a sportsman provided him with the coping skills required to deal with such an injury:...
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Article 10 mins
World Diabetes Day 2015
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Diabetes Day 2015

...Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) to raise awareness amidst concern over an escalating diabetes epidemic. Find out more about diabetes care here...Learn more about diabetes care The following video tracks introduce various aspects of a patient’s diabetes annual check-up. This material forms part of the Open University course...
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Article 5 mins
My career goal: Social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

My career goal: Social care

...health and social care: Transcript A probation officer explains how they work with offenders and victims following a domestic abuse conviction: Transcript A carer for the elderly explores how this career acts as a positive calling for many young people: Transcript Students at Gloucestershire College give their thoughts on health and social care training: Transcript Key...
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Article 20 mins
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...health and care professionals on their registers’. Witnesses to misconduct can be called to give evidence in a Fitness to Practise investigation and hearing. A proportion of these will include patients, service users and colleagues who may have been significantly harmed by the registrant’s behaviour. Such cases may include behaviours associated with sexual abuse,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The Ageing Well Public Talks
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Ageing Well Public Talks

...Health and Social Care with the Open University, and I am the creator of the Ageing Well Public Talk Series. The series is the outcome of collaborative work between academia, research and members of the public who have all contributed to the content as well as to the success of the series. The Series establishes Participatory Public Engagement as the main vehicle for...
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Article 15 mins
Brain Awareness Week
Science, Maths & Technology

Brain Awareness Week

...Health and Chemical Sciences have been up to in the labs. The first two articles re new and from academics at The Open University: Brain basics The brain, along with the spinal cord, makes up the central nervous system. The most remarkable feature of the brain is the cerebral cortex, which gives the human brain (and that of many other species) its characteristic bumpy...
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Article 1 hr