Tag: Health and Wellbeing
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How a Fun Game is Transforming Attitudes towards Dementia
Professor Christine Brown Wilson looks at a novel new way developed at Queen’s of transforming people’s attitudes to, and knowledge of, 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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Academia: A dream profession?
According to surveys, plenty of people would like to be an academic. Dr Kate Kenny and Dr Sarah Gilmore ask whether these people understand the reality of academic life in 2015?
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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?