Features
Family health
- UK not in the top 20 of best places to be a mum: Is this fair?
- In response to last week's report which revealed the UK is not in the top 20 places to be a mum, Joanna Lowy asks: Is this fair?
- What does your handbag say about you?
- Cheap and cheerful, high street happy, or dapper designer; why do we use them and what do they say about us?
- Cervical cancer: Why are less women being screened?
- Joanna Lowy investigates the downward spiral and finds that it is not just in Scotland that less women are being screened. But why is this?
Nutrition
- Weight gain: How genetic is it?
- As World DNA Day comes and goes, Joanna Lowy looks into research that weight gain is genetic and asks whether a tailored diet and exercise plan is the way forward.
- Where is the crisis in the horse meat scandal?
- Joanna Lowy explores the reasons behind the ongoing controversy.
- Do three coffees a day keep Alzheimer’s at bay?
- As new research suggests that drinking coffee can prevent Alzheimer's disease, Joanna Lowy asks: just how sensible a claim is this?
Weight loss
- Smoking and weight: Debunking the myths
- Join us as we separate myth from fact and make that transition from smoker to non-smoker that bit easier!
- Weighting for love
- Recent research reveals that women put on weight after marriage, men after divorce. Is this an indication that men are happier with married life than women?
- The irony of good food
- As National Obesity week draws to a close, NHS Online asks: why is it so hard to eat healthily?
Reading mind
- Why are UK workers the most depressed in Europe?
- Following on from Depression Awareness Week, Joanna Lowy looks into research that claims we are more depressed at work than the rest of Europe.
- Why are mental health professionals the only ones discriminating against those with mental health?
- Following a report on the Time to Change campaign which shows that mental health professionals are still discriminating, Joanna Lowy asks just what is going on.
- What's in a name?
- A dentist called Dennis and a lawyer called Laura; is there really anything in this? Joanna Lowy investigates the far-reaching impact of names.
In the news
- IVF: A lasting legacy
- Joanna Lowy remembers a pioneering hero.
- Transparency in the NHS: How far can it go?
- Following on from the publication of heart surgery data, Joanna Lowy asks whether this can, and will, be rolled out across healthcare.
- What would happen if Sir David Nicholson were to resign?
- Many want this to happen, but would it really change anything, asks Joanna Lowy?
Power up - Expert Life Coach
- Depressed or Deep Rest?
- Jayne Morris takes a different approach to depression and explains how best to overcome it.
- Follow your dreams
- Elaine Gleeson takes inspiration from the child-like quality of belief that anything is possible.
- De-clutter your space, de-clutter your mind
- Jayne Morris gives a fascinating insight into the power of letting go.
Real life
- "I was told my penile cancer could kill me within 6 months!"
- When 53-year-old Sandy Brown discovered a growth on his penis, he put off going to the doctor for a year. Here he shares just how lucky he is to be alive.
- “The NHS should be saluted for my full stroke-recovery”
- Kate Allatt shares the story of her amazing recovery from Locked-in Syndrome, and gives an honest insight into the medical care she received.
- Having a disabled child; a mother's journey
- All too often when we think of disabilities we think of the person suffering, but what about those closest to them? Here Dr Chrissie Rogers, talks openly about her relationship with her learning disabled daughter, and gives an insight into this often difficult journey.
- Online marketing of junk food: Yeah, it's bad, but why are kids online in the first place?
- Testing pregnant women to see if they're smokers is a waste of time and counter-productive ... isn't it?
- Wide variations in childbirth care, report reveals
- Those with dementia to be tracked through GPS
- GPs need a Wider Range of Skills in Today’s NHS
