Health
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World Blood Donor Day – Safe Blood for Saving Mothers
Saturday 14th of June is World Blood Donor Day, which this year has a focus on safe blood for saving mothers. Even in these modern times, childbirth can still be an extremely dangerous time for women, particularly in the Third World. Every day, about 800 women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications. This can be severe bleeding during delivery and after childbirth, and I speak from my own experience when I say that what should be the happiest moment of your life can very quickly become a living nightmare. My son Joe was born by caesarian section at 33 weeks. The operation seemed routine and I was fine in the…
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Children demonstrate life difficulties after brain injuries through Art
Last week saw a very poignant and special art exhibition take place in the Town Hall Hotel, Bethnal Green in London. The exhibition was of artwork produced by a group of artists who happened to be children and teenagers with an acquired brain injury, and the paintings were an illustration of the difficulties they face in their everyday life. The art project was organised by Child Brain Injury Trust for Action for Brain Injury Week, and was supported by law firm Bolt Burdon Kemp. The idea behind it was to illustrate that children and teenagers with acquired brain injuries experience difficulties in doing every day tasks that mean things we…
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The sun is shining – get on your bike
Now that Summer is almost here, and the weather is being kind to us, I think it is the perfect time to get out in the sunshine and get on your bike. I am a huge fan of cycling as a form of exercise, and love the fact that it is a perfect activity for all the family to get involved in, regardless of age. It is also a great way to check out the countryside, or some of the great cycling routes and trails that are all around the country. I tend to get involved in a cycling event of some form each year. In 2012 I was part…
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Bimuno can ease the symptons of IBS
I can speak from my own experience when I say that digestive health problems have the ability to completely blight your life. I was diagnosed with Colitis in 2006, after a period of debilitating stomach cramps, chronic diarrhea and general stomach discomfort. The diagnosis gave my illness a name and a label, but did nothing to take away the stress and worry this illness caused me, I was too frightened to eat out in case I had an attack of the killer cramps. Colitis attacks in flare-ups, so I can go through periods of time when I feel fine, but other periods are just hell for me with constant discomfort…
