Health

Presently, Medics have to trust trial and error to select drugs for patients with depression, meaning that almost half of the time the first type of antidepressant that is given to the patient fails to work. The researchers from King’s...

Researchers have cautioned that teachers are missing all hints of poor mental health among pupils by handling behavioural issues with discipline and punishment. A lack of suitable mental health training means that teachers repeatedly fail to spot psychological distress and...

Inside Birmingham Children’s Hospital begins to see Channel 4 cameras with first-time access to one of the greatest progressive paediatric units in the world. It will be aired in 10-parts, and narrated by David Tennant. The series also features more...

Date: 9 September 2016 Location: Edgbaston Room, Lucas House, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham B15 2RA Do you work in an organisation committed to staff wellbeing? Are you finding it hard to maintain this focus while delivering on other pressing challenges? If so,...

Many Muslims will not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset, which this year, will last up to 19 hours in the UK. Fasting begins before sunrise with a meal known as Suhoor, and ends at sunset with a meal...

21:30 (pre-workout meal): High protein, high carb, medium fat Total 0% yoghurt, diced dates, blueberries, teaspoon of peanut butter and manuka honey. Instant oats, whey and spirulina shake. Ensure you drink at least 1 litre of water with 0.5-1.5g of sea salt with...

Have you been affected by bowel cancer, either personally or through someone you know? If you have and would like to raise awareness of bowel cancer, the UK’s second biggest cancer killer, here’s your chance to do something about...

The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) is inviting members of the public, patients and carers from across the region, as well as representatives from NHS organisations, academic institutions and industry, to join them at Celebration of Innovation...

Throughout Ramadan (2016: 7 June to 6 July) most Muslims are required to refrain from eating and drinking during daylight hours. But diabetics are exempt from this if fasting would put their health at risk. (Speak to your Imam for...

A Birmingham entrepreneur died from a brain tumour after doctors repeatedly failed to diagnose the cancer. 65-year-old, Prem Bedi, the father of two, was diagnosed with the tumour four months before he passed away. Mr Bedi’s widow, Shashi, of Wylde Green,...