We all know them… 5 A Day, Act F.A.S.T, Vinnie Jones performing CPR to the Bee Gees – over the years, many a health message has been compacted into an easy to remember, snappy package. These are doubtless of great benefit to the general public; shortly after the release of Vinnie’s star turn, the British…
During the winter of 2017-2018 not a day passed when the Australian flu was not mentioned by the UK press. The British media turned talking about Australian flu into an epidemic in itself. So named because the main flu strain in the UK that winter was the same as in Australia, stigma was created by…
The NHS crisis The NHS crisis is seemingly ubiquitous in the news at the moment. Not enough beds, not enough nurses, not enough doctors, and not enough money. I start my mornings reading the healthcare stories in the newspapers, and I am constantly given the impression that the NHS is a giant sinkhole that nothing…
Can we ‘outsmart’ smartphone addiction by using it to develop effective health apps? Around 11% of the population in Western countries suffer from some form of technology addiction, reported Metro UK, and smartphone addition is one of the most common and dangerous for our health. However, there might be something to learn from the…