Rick Wilson – Director of Nutrition and Dietetics at Kings College Hospital for 30 years up to his retirement in 2015, BSc. RD (retired) – looks at some of the considerations and challenges of eating a plant-based diet to benefit the planet. There is no doubt that our diet and the food and agriculture systems…
Meningitis Research Foundation has been working with Say Communications to help boost our public consultation on a Roadmap to Defeat Meningitis. But with over 100 experts providing detailed information on the draft roadmap, why is a public consultation so vital for patient outcomes? It is our view that involving patients and the public at the…
The BBC’s EastEnders and Channel 5’s Neighbours are featuring ovarian cancer storylines. We recently saw the death of Sonya Rebecchi, one of the lead characters in Neighbours, from the disease. Last week saw Jean Slater being diagnosed with Stage III ovarian cancer on EastEnders. But what does this mainstream representation of ovarian cancer mean for…
11 women die every day from ovarian cancer. That is more than the number of people who die every day in road accidents. But we’ve never put out a press release saying that – it is a statistic that would grab attention, but it benefits no one to create a hierarchy of suffering. We do…
Over the last 20 years, Denmark has witnessed the development of a strong robotics cluster. Today, this cluster of expertise, funding, leadership and coaching, continues to expand exponentially and comprises many start-ups that are set on a course to disrupt the robotics industry. Denmark’s largest and most influential robotics research institution, the Danish Technological Institute (DTI), which…