Scroll through any public health website, search for diabetes, and you’ll quickly discover a multitude of confronting facts: number 6 of non-communicable diseases causing death; 422 million people affected worldwide;…
Fitness trackers, heart rate monitors, digital food diaries, guided meditations, ‘time to move’ notifications and more – there’s certainly no shortage of smart device applications that help people to manage…
Protection against infectious diseases has been an ongoing challenge for humans for centuries, as the COVID-19 pandemic is testament to. Each day, more people around the globe are immunised against…
How effective were the strategies of the Spanish flu compared to COVID-19 strategies and have we learnt from them? Historians argue that in order to understand the present we must…
Scientific publications form an integral part of pharmaceutical marketing strategies. They are a powerful tool to build brand and product awareness and are a valuable source of credible information in…
Staying up-to-date with research is important for all nurses. For frontline nurses, providing evidence-based practice is key to improved patient care. For nurses involved in other areas of healthcare such…
2020—what a year! In what’s been the deadliest health crisis we’ve seen for some time and hospitals around the world nearing the point of collapse, progress of technology-driven change was…
One Christmas was so much like another…. so begins Dylan Thomas’ magical, joyful reminiscence of a childhood Christmas, when he was young and there were still wolves in Wales. The…
There’s no question 2020 will be one for the history books. But with a vaccine on the horizon, will the ‘cure’ for Covid 19 spell an end to the kindness…
The coronavirus pandemic has affected every sector of our society. The cruellest effects are being levied upon older people and COVID-19 has also taken a disproportionate toll on people of…
