Health

Beckton- based Richard House Children’s Hospice has won a gold medal at the London Garden Society awards for the second year running. The repeat victory came in the “small garden” category.   Richard House supports children and young adults who ...

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According to the World Health Organisation: “The 9 deaths [in Western Europe] and thousands of measles-associated hospitalisations in 2011 are a reminder that measles is a serious disease that may cause death in all age groups, even in countries with ...

An investigation by ASDA Money, the wing of the ASDA supermarket which offers financial services, has found that travellers both underinsure themselves and underestimate the costs of falling ill while overseas. Parents taking their families to European destinations often relied ...

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned the public that services are under great strain because cuts in Government funding have led to 10,000 staff being made redundant over the last three years. The figures for redundancies were released ...

A BMA report revealing the most recent response from the study group reveals a worrying list of concerns:

Emdad Rahman: A study by Stirling university’s Dr Ruth Jepson has determined that South Asian people in the UKwill be more likely to exercise if it can be done as part of a group and has a social element. People ...

Emdad Rahman:  Two friends leave London on Sunday, 2nd September to cycle around the world. Matt Andrews and Anthony King will pedal in memory of inspirational friend Tony Young and in aid of Brain Tumour UK. Tony died from a ...

Emdad Rahman: Breeze has organised the UK’s first ever event to get thousands of women riding a bike at the same time! To celebrate this awesome event, Sarah Bayaidah organised a nice scenic seven mile heart-route all the along the canals of east London. Meeting at Victoria Park, the group cycled through ...

A year-long project led by school girls in east London has produced life saving results. Girls at Plashet School in the Olympic Borough of Newham have been promoting the early detection of breast cancer to their mums, aunties and grannies. ...