Sickle cell: Call The Midwife shines spotlight on disease
Viewers and people with sickle cell disease have praised TV show Call The Midwife for its storyline portraying the condition.
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The refuge for children with microcephaly
In the coastal town of Kilifi in Kenya, an abnormally large number of children born with microcephaly – a condition
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Call for more people from black communities to give blood as new figures show more than 400 black people became New Year donors in 2018
NHS Blood and Transplant is urging people from the black community to make becoming a blood donor their New Year’s
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How NHS 111 can help you
Dr Seun Bakare, Northwest London Urgent Care GP said: “The winter months can be challenging for the NHS, especially for
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What keeps some black women from seeking mental health care
‘You either get told to pray about it or you’re told to get over it, basically,’ one woman told Moneyish.
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Cancer care worse for deprived and BAME Londoners, report finds
Cancer patients in London’s most deprived areas are experiencing worse care than the rest of England, a new report has
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Grinch has stolen Christmas from social care
Care providers say the Grinch has stolen Christmas hope from 1.4m older and vulnerable adults who are currently going without
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‘Miracle’ six-day-old baby survives Ebola
A baby girl who was diagnosed with Ebola when she was only six days old has survived, health officials in
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Male suicide rates in Wales ‘a national emergency’
There should be as big a focus on mental health as physical health in order to reduce the number of
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Heartwise Ministries Introduces Worship/Health App
On December 7 and 8, 2018, Heartwise Ministries will be releasing the new worship app, Biblical Prescriptions. The app will be
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Could these beautiful islands help stop killer diseases?
Travellers to the remote African islands of Bijagos can expect to find a tropical paradise of pristine beaches and lush
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Black mums ‘don’t like to talk about depression’
Mums Sandra Igwe and Jen Henry both experienced anxiety after childbirth, but say they found it difficult to discuss these
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Distrust Of Health Care System May Keep Black Men Away From Prostate Cancer Research
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer for men in the U.S.(other than non-melanoma skin cancer) and one of the most deadly.
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Policy Makers urged to Rethink the Role of Faith Leaders to Eliminate Malaria
Going “the last mile”—the most difficult and important mile of all—is critical to win the fight against malaria. In Africa,
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Tinchy Stryder gives blood to raise sickle cell awareness
Tinchy Stryder has shared his experience of giving blood for the first time with BBC Radio 5 Live, in the hope
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