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All you need is love and music for wellbeing
‘We encourage pure expression, for patients to improvise with sound or use their voices’
CLASSICALLY trained All Angels brought their soothing style of singing to the Whittington hospital as... > more |
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Speaking out boldy about stammering
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Kicking off a young child's future
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An eating disorder is not just physical
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How i realised giving blood wasn't in vain.
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‘I’m stronger, I’ve learned to ask for things’ - ELAINE Purcell is used to being stoical in the face of adversity. As a child she suffered from chest infections and ...>more
The disabled are suffering because of the Town Hall - DISABLED people in Camden face an increasingly difficult day-to-day struggle to lead their lives... > more
‘Anorexics can win food battle’ - ANOREXIA is an illness that provokes strong reactions. But when it comes to treatment the options are underwhelming. > more
Attitudes to casual sex bring syphilis back with vengeance- THE sexually transmitted disease syphilis was confined to the history books in the 1980s and ...>more
Changing our perceptions of ‘disabled’ art - When Niall Cullen was diagnosed with Moyamoya syndrome at just three years old he was too young to grasp ...>more
Smart technology to battle the MRSA bug- AN infection-resistant telephone dreamt up by brains at University College London Hospital could save the NHS millions of ...>more
Life expectancy lowest in capital - MEN in St Pancras and Somers Town have the lowest life expectancy in any ward in London, a study into the state of the health ...>more
Defenders of homoeopathy take on PCT - AN angry group of patients turned out in force to protest against the possible closure of the Royal London Homoeopathic ...>more
Wellcome to a world of sleep and dreams - CONSIDERING we spend a third of our lives horizontal, wrapped in our duvets counting sheep, there is an awful lot we... > more
Success of speech therapy says it all - CAN you imagine waking up one morning to find out that you can no longer speak? You can’t have a natter on the telephone... > more
The plucky violinist fighting cancer - IN 1999 George Holt was told he only had five years to live because a rare form of cancer was ravaging his body. > more
More than a shot in the dark - WOODY Allen once made a comedy about a blind film director, and to most people it probably sounds like a joke... > more
‘Scandal’ of diabetes patients who are put at risk of blindness - DIABETES patients in the borough are being put at risk of blindness because they... > more
Understanding a rare and crippling disease - A LEADING doctor has called for greater understanding of the rare and crippling disease Ataxia. Dr Paola Giunti, a ...>more
Royal Free trials for cancer treatments - TREATMENT times for breast cancer patients could be slashed after a raft of new techniques went on trial this month at the... > more
‘I feel I’m getting my child back’ - TODDLER Noli Tebe was a chatty child until she was struck down with a potentially fatal virus on Christmas Eve. While other families ...>more
Internet encouter saves woman's life - WHEN Megan Radclyffe first met her future partner online, she had no idea the encounter would save her life. Now...>more
A healthy hospital needs more than medical staff - I HAVE lived in the shadow of the Royal Free Hospital for many years, though until earlier this year... > more
Victory for chemist’s as chain pulls out of move - AN independent chemist’s shop is celebrating after a pharmacy chain withdrew plans for a rival store just a... > more
Sparring against the odds - AHMED Ali had ambitions to become a competitive boxer. But as he was gearing up to take part in his first fight, aged... > more
Emergency op saves plucky priest - HE is the plucky priest best known for camping on his church roof in a bid to rescue it from ruin. > more
Child care website for parents - CHILD patient care was given a welcome booster with the launch of a website dedicated to parents’ health concerns... > more
Dr Clare points way ahead with needle-free treatment - NEEDLES could become a thing of the past after a Royal Free scientist won charity funding... > more
‘Chemical cosh’ is not a cure-all - DOCTORS must avoid relying on drugs to treat people with schizophrenia, a leading Highgate writer has claimed. > more
Can spiritual healing help fight cancer? - CLAIMS that spiritual healing can benefit seriously ill patients are to be tested by researchers at University... > more
Comic hosts benefit to help keep babies smiling - TOP comedy presenter Wayne Saunders never forgot the wonderful life-saving care his two young... > more
Maggots used to save leg from amputation - MAGGOTS, honey and pills saved health journalist Michael van Straten from his greatest fear – losing a leg. > more
‘Kylie going through it at the same time made it easier’ - WHEN Jem Reeves passes joggers on the canal towpath she feels compelled to stop them. > more
‘I stopped going out because I had MRSA’ - WHEN 75-year-old Patricia Quaill was diagnosed with breast cancer last summer, she was determined... > more
Pioneer beat death sentence - CAMDEN Town now houses, at 10 Parkway, the HQ of a rather remarkable organisation, Diabetes UK. > more
Big Frank and the big heart op: FORMER health secretary and current Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras, Frank Dobson, has spoken for the first time... > more
Pupils set off to conquer Mt Everest - A GROUP of children are to travel to Mount Everest later this month as part of a ground-breaking study i nto treatments for... > more
On your bike – friends tell retiring Colin - THE retirement party of a senior Royal Free Hospital manager had an unexpected twist when staff told him to get on... > more
Janet launches group for carers who no one listens to - LIFE was relatively ordinary for trainee psychotherapist Janet Love until her son became mentally ill while... > more
All eyes on the Queen as she opens Moorfields kids’ centre - LARGE crowds gathered on Friday morning to see the Queen as she officially opened a new... > more
Campaign to save the homeopathic hospital - A NUTRITIONAL activist who claims she saved the NHS half a million pounds by changing her diet is... > more
Media baron eyes up specialist centre -A SPECIALIST eye centre for children opened for business yesterday (Wednesday) > more
‘How I beat the inner demons of anorexia’ - EXPERIENCING the horrors of apartheid South Africa at the age of eight, Matthew Campling sought refuge in food. > more
Fears over homeopathic hospital’s future in NHS - EUROPE’S largest homeopathic hospital could be forced to close if Primary Care Trusts continue to... > more
We need a peak-time pass to get to hospital, says gran - GREAT-grandmother Lucy Day is behind a new campaign to force bus companies and Transport... > more
Gene scan ‘to predict chances of getting ill’ - NERVOUS hypochondriacs will want to steer clear of a new private clinic at Bart’s Hospital which is able to predict... > more
Facing new year without hair taught me a valuable lesson - ON Christmas Day 2005, Dr Sarah Burnett woke up to find that her hair had started to fall out... > more
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