A public consultation is being held this week on planned changes to mental health services in the Glasgow area.
On Wednesday June 25th, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is holding a public meeting to discuss proposals to remove services from the Vale of Leven Hospital and transfer them to Glasgow’s Gartnavel Royal Hospital.The Helensburgh Advertiser reports [...]
Kristofer Goldsmith was so distressed about the prospect of returning to Iraq that he decided he was willing to kill himself to avoid serving a second tour.
The Army had mandated an extension of his three-year contract, which had been set to expire, as his unit was set to deploy to Baghdad as part of the [...]
Young people are more likely to use sexual health services if clinics are based in schools, it has emerged.
The UK’s teenage pregnancy rates are among the worst in Europe - rising by 143% from 1991 to 2001 - and the Department of Health has called for children to have better access to school-based clinics.
According to [...]
Sex education is predominately being taught in our schools across the nation, with a medley of variations on how to teach the subject. More and more schools are choosing to teach their students about sexual health, risks, and general knowledge and foregoing the idea that abstinence is the only answer. The educational facilities who address [...]
virtually every medical discipline, there are unanswered questions pertaining to women’s health and well-being. Closing the gender gap in medical research may require more than simply including women in research studies, says Teresa Woodruff, executive director of the Institute for Women’s Health Research, recently launched by Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
Teresa Woodruff
Since the early [...]
Promoting multidisciplinary and inter-sector participation in the discussion on sexuality is the purpose of the 4th Sexual Health -HIV Scientific Conference that will be held in Ciego de ávila in June 26-27, being education and sexual orientation among the main topics.
The theoretical debate and the presentation of work experiences in the fields of sexual health [...]
Health was on everyone’s mind Saturday as thousands gathered in Orlando for the annual 100 Black Men of America conference.
Held at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts, the five-day conference that ends today was focusing on health issues affecting the black community.
It included a Community Empowerment Project at Jones High School that featured free health [...]
The Wellness Community, South Bay Cities, presents “Envelope of Life” with Jan Dennis as part of its new Caregiver Series. Find out how you and your family can be prepared in emergency situations whether at home or away and making sure your medical information is current. TWC, 109 W. Torrance Blvd., Suite 100, Redondo Beach, [...]
Trusera’s health social network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network launches today, and many that check out the new site may wonder how Trusera is different from most other health-related communities out there, such as DailyStrength and RevolutionHealth. It was the first question that came to my mind, so I asked Trusera founder Keith Schorsch about some of the site’s [...]
A Rwandan radio soap opera that takes on controversial issues about sexual health has won a prestigious One World Media Award at a ceremony in the UK.
Urunana follows life in the fictional village of Nyarurembo and each week has an estimate audience of 10 million.
Narcisse Kalisa, Urunana’s director, says the show is not afraid of [...]
