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NHS Race and Health Observatory – Pulse oximetry and racial bias

30th March 202131st March 2021 Josie McFarlane 160 Views 0 Comments BAME, BME, ethnicity, health, heart, Lifestyle, NHS Race and Health Observatory, Pulse oximetry, Racial Bias, Racism, Studies, Wellbeing

The accuracy of Pulse Oximeter readings from black and minority ethnic people could be seriously misleading, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, and need further assessment.

Lifestyle

Grab Some Art And Help Some Hearts

7th November 20206th November 2020 Josie McFarlane 124 Views 0 Comments art, Auction, charity, Event, fundraising, health, heart, Heart Research UK, Support, virtual event

National charity Heart Research UK have launched the ‘anonymous heART project’ 2020, an online fundraising campaign that will see hundreds

Lifestyle

Black Patients May Not Benefit On Low-Dose Aspirin

5th January 202016th December 2019 Josie McFarlane 815 Views 1 Comment Affects, Aspirin, BAME, Black people, health, heart, Medication, well being

The daily use of low-dose aspirin against heart disease may have taken another knock. New research shows that the practice

Inspiration

Challenging Times

20th June 2017 Mariah 1605 Views 0 Comments authentic, blessing, Britain, challenge, change, divided, election, God, Gospel, government, grief, heart, hunger, International, Jesus, justice, London, meek, merciful, mourn, nation, negotiations, peace, poor, public, pure, terror, thirst, times, troubled, wise

In Britain, we find ourselves in challenging times. We have had an election in which the winners lost and where