Category: Health and Wellbeing
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Drug and Alcohol Policy in Australia: A Word from the Experts
In the first of a two-part audio blog, Dr John Moriarty looks at how Victoria in Australia changed its approach to developing its drugs and alcohol policy by putting harm minimisation at the centre of its thinking.
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Mental health wellbeing and the role of the arts
As this year’s Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts and Film Festival gets underway, Dr Gavin Davidson looks at the role of the arts in supporting a positive approach to mental health and how research at Queen’s University is reinforcing the importance of the arts in mental health and wellbeing.
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Brexit: Bad for cancer research; Bad for cancer patients?
As the Brexit debate ramps up in advance of the referendum on 23 June, Professor Mark Lawler looks at how cancer researchers and patients in the UK have benefitted from EU support and collaboration and he examines the possible ramifications of a Brexit vote on cancer care and research.
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Why We Need to Stop Being Squeamish about Bowel Cancer Screening
With the return of Bowel Cancer Awareness month, Dr Helen Coleman looks at the rise in diagnoses of bowel cancer and asks why are we so reluctant to be screened despite the programmes available?
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Stop shaming mothers who want to breastfeed their babies
Dr Lisa Smyth looks at the pressure mothers face from society when it comes to feeding their babies and she turns to Scotland to see if they can lead the way in changing attitudes to breastfeeding in public.
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Dementia: look closer
Dr Paula Devine and Elizabeth Byrne McCullough explore what the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey tells up about public knowledge of, and attitudes towards dementia.
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The ageing population: who’s picking up the bill for oral care?
Dr Gerry McKenna examines a variation in access to prevention based oral healthcare for older adults across Europe, and a lack of coherence in policy making.
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Are UK Women willing to Donate their Wombs Post-mortem?
Nathan Emmerich considers some of the legal, ethical and moral considerations in relation to the recent development of post-mortem womb transplant in the UK.
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Presumed consent in organ donation
Nathan Emmerich asks whether we should we presume consent to post-mortem organ donation in Northern Ireland and the UK as a whole?
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Offering the HPV vaccine for boys as well as girls
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted virus. It is so common that nearly all sexually active men and women get it at some point in their lives. Dr Gillian Prue asks why then do we currently only offer the vaccine to females?