Author: Katie Lowles // Editor: Erin Pallott PhD researchers from the University of Manchester (Katie Lowles, Hannah Tompkins and Will Zammit) are teaming up with Manchester’s SHE choir, an inclusive choir for women and non-binary adults, to deliver a talk and singing session at Bluedot festival this summer. This blog was written for members of … Continue reading Lung Health and Singing – What’s The Link?
Author - Schenelle Dlima // Editor - Erin Pallott “My voice did not obey me. I tried to answer, but could only indicate yes or no.” “I had fantasies and was horrified: the nurses were dangerous. I was attending my own funeral.” “I have been from Heaven to Hell.” No, these are not lines from … Continue reading Delirium — a snapshot of this serious cognitive condition
By Rob Harkness The 28th of February is Rare Disease Day, where patients, clinicians, scientists and charities come together to raise awareness of the impact of rare disease conditions on individuals, families and health care services. A rare disease is defined as one which affects fewer than 1 in 2000 people. Many of the ~6000 … Continue reading Rare Disease Day
(Photography competition at the end!) By Nadine Mirza with Dr. Dalia Tsimpida Be it air, land, or sea, the military has the highest noise levels of any career out there. Between your rifles, grenades and various other weapons found on a military base, exposure to sound pressure levels of between 103-156 decibels is not unfound. … Continue reading An ex-military psychologist’s battle against hearing loss
By Leoma Williams Two-year-long Ebola outbreak ends at last Whilst the world has been focused on one viral disease, another has been steadily brought under control. This July the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history, one that began in August 2018 and claimed 2299 lives, was finally over. Taking … Continue reading 10 Incredible Scientific Breakthroughs and Discoveries of 2020 (that aren’t the vaccine!)
By Atalie Scrivener When we think of the placenta (afterbirth), it is easy to imagine a simple connection. A one-way transport system of nutrients from mother to baby. Our focus is often drawn to the developing baby, but lately there has been growing interest in the placenta and the cells that orchestrate its function. After all, … Continue reading Development of the placenta and influence on long-term health
Dr Krumholz (2013) described post-hospital syndrome as "an acquired, transient condition of generalised risk" affecting some patients who are discharged from hospital1. Hospitalised patients may not only be suffering from an acute illness, but they may also be under emotional stress due to new information, new circumstances and worrying about their health and social status. Thus, … Continue reading Risk associated with medications following discharge from hospital – a new systemic review
Originally posted on PLOS ECR by Jessica Brown What kind of mental image springs to mind upon reading the word ‘schizophrenia’? Many envisage an individual locked in a dark institution, constantly plagued by non-existent voices and vivid hallucinations. Even as a final year BSc Biology student with a neuroscience research placement under my belt, I … Continue reading Cognition in schizophrenia: a missing piece of the therapeutic puzzle
By Hannah Thurgur @HannahThurgur Medical cannabis was legalised almost a year ago in the UK, so why is there only a handful of prescribers? What are the barriers to prescribing it and what is being done to help medical professionals in this transition period? Cannabis is the drug derived from the cannabis plant and has a … Continue reading Ganja help me?
This article discusses endometriosis, periods and menstrual health. Following the success of the University of Manchester’s collection for menstrual products for Emmeline’s Pantry during the International Women’s Day events, we got thinking about the wider issues associated with menstruation. There is increasing awareness of periods and some incredible work is underway to end period poverty … Continue reading ‘En-doh-mee-tree-oh-sis’. En-do-mee-tree-what???
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