Health

FOR ELEVEN YEARS, girls have been vaccinated routinely against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). The vaccinations are offered in the first year of secondary school. Now boys will also be offered the virus in secondary schools, starting this autumn. HPV can ...

IT IS JUST OVER 70 years since the National Health Service (NHS) was established in the UK. It clung to one basic principle: everyone pays in according to their income; everyone receives healthcare according to their need. In recent years ...

TWO CHILDREN have lost their mother after a series of medics failed to spot that she had a life-threatening condition – sepsis. The terrible story was revealed at an inquest into the death of Shahida Begum, which happened last July. ...

ASICS and Virgin Sport are proud to announce that the inaugural ASICS London 10K, formerly the British 10K, will take to the streets of London this summer. The fast-paced, flat 10km route takes runners on a tour through the best ...

WE’RE IN THE middle of Mental Health Awareness Week – and Tower Hamlets Council and Tower Hamlets NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have joined forces to promote positive attitudes to body images. The Mental Health Foundation has estimated that nearly ...

NO UK GOVERNMENT has sold off the NHS as a single entity – but recent ones have been letting the private sector take over various parts of the service. There’s a number of big problems with this piecemeal privatisation. •Private ...

Maruf Ahmed Members and activity participants at Age UK based in Caxton Hall, Bow recently attended an information session to become Dementia Friends. The lunchtime awareness programme in partnership with Malmesbury Community Projects (MCP) a grassroots charity organisation for the ...

SOME BATCHES of Asda own brand Dauphinoise Potatoes have been found to contain cauliflower cheese. The potato dish does not usually contain gluten – but the cauliflower cheese does. As a result of the error, there is no mention on ...

Emdad Rahman For the first event of the 2019 season Tough Mudder has headed to North London for 5 kilometres of awesome obstacles and epic teamwork. Abdal and I decided to really go wild on Friday night by travelling over ...

Emdad Rahman Want to learn to ride or improve your cycle skills? Join a female only bike project on Sunday mornings. The meeting point is The Royal Foundation of St Katharine, with sessions usually taking place at Limehouse Basin. The ...