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We are honoured to be announced as the winners of the Global Health and Pharmaceutical Awards, 'Best Emerging Telemedicine' platform, 2020. The awards celebrate the benchmark of achievement and best practice in the health space.
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Here we explore the similarities and differences between integrative and functional medicine.
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The rapid spread of a new variant of coronavirus has been blamed for the introduction of strict tier four mixing rules for millions of people, harsher restrictions on mixing at Christmas in England, Scotland and Wales, and other countries placing the UK on a travel ban.
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During that period families will be able to form larger Christmas support bubbles of between up to three households. But what does this mean, and what are the risks?
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In 2020 the working practises of all industries shifted because of Covid-19. In some cases for the better, in some cases throwing the methods of work into complete chaos.
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We discuss the impact of sleep on your body and mind, with tips on how to get a better night’s rest
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Most of us contact our GP when something is wrong. That pain, cough, lump or bump that won’t go away or is affecting your daily life? Time to ring the doctor. But what if you could take a step back and speak to your GP before anything goes wrong?
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Taking a peek at the most Googled health-related questions from the last year gives us a window into the health questions of interest. So without further ado, here are each of these questions and some answers.
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From AI therapists to platforms that let you video-chat with a professional counsellor, these are the best apps to add to your mental health toolkit.
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We can’t say with any certainty what the future of COVID-19 is. But based on our experience with other infections, there is little reason to believe that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 will go away any time soon, even when vaccines become available. A more realistic scenario is that it will be added to the (large and growing) family of infectious diseases that are what is known as “endemic” in the human population.
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An online healthcare provider is calling for their industry to stop all advertising on Facebook and Instagram until they do more to protect the mental health of young people using their platforms and protect them from dangerous content.
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Learn everything you need to know about breast cancer in men, including the symptoms and treatment options available. In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2020.
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With Go Sober For October getting more publicity every year, we wanted to share with you some of the typical alcohol withdrawal symptoms and side effects you may experience when you give up the booze.
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Everyone feels sick sometimes, but in some circumstances, a person can feel sick all or most of the time. This feeling can refer to nausea, catching colds often, or being run-down.
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We know that coping with Cancer is challenging. Here are a few ways to manage the day-to-day impact.
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With the ongoing concerns regarding coronavirus (Covid-19), local lockdowns and recommendations for social distancing, the public are quickly having to adapt to new ways of supporting their day-to-day health issues.
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We're creating safe spaces to talk about our sexual health. Here are our top tips and pieces of advice.
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Spend at least five minutes a day, every single day, hanging out with them and doing whatever they want.
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We discuss common back to COVID-19 school health concerns you may experience as a parent, teacher or carer and how best to tackle them.
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While most people who catch COVID-19 have a relatively straightforward recovery, there is a group of people who are struggling with the long-term side-effects of the disease.
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Will there be a second wave? There are very few experts that are willing to make a firm prediction. One of the most significant issues is how we're measuring the prevalence of COVID-19 – There isn't a single perfect statistic available. In fact, there are many official data-sources that seem to conflict.
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As many employees return to work after lockdown, furlough or redundancy, we explore how back to work healthcare is critical to wellbeing
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Online physiotherapy is ideal if you need flexible physiotherapy sessions that can fit around your schedule.
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How can I protect myself and others at a protest?
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Update on Antibody Testing
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The long-term effects of Covid-19 will be psychological, physiological - and inescapable. In this blog we explore what to expect.
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We discover how air pollution affects your long term health and how this is being impacted by COVID-19
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Stories from the middle of Covid, by people fighting back
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We explore how modern technology can be a help, and a hindrance, when fighting a global pandemic.
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Is there anything we can do to give our bodies the best chance of fighting back against Coronavirus?
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Your self-isolation mental health is one thing you can control during the Coronavirus outbreak. Maintain your health, wellbeing & sanity whilst in the house.
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What is Functional Medicine? In this blog we’ll explore this increasingly popular medical approach. Understand what it is and how it could benefit you.
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Keeping yourself safe.
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Artificial intelligence chatbots would help minimise exposure to coronavirus patients but they're a long way off from being useful
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Vala partners with home-test kit provider ‘LetsGetChecked’, offering you a 20% discount on all home testing kits.
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Future care planning is a process of setting an ambition for how you’d like to be treated if you were to become seriously ill. But, setting your wishes for the future can be enormously empowering, even if you’re young or in good health.
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When you book an STI appointment online it is quick, easy and hassle-free. Find out how it works and why on-demand healthcare is so popular in the UK.
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In this blog we will look at recent technology trends and analyse how they could impact healthcare in 2020. They will blow your mind!
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2019, the year healthcare went Unlimited.
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The future of healthcare is being shaped by technological advances. The most successful new technologies are those that have been designed with people in mind.
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Skip the queues and get A GP Appointment over Christmas with the nifty online GP service from Vala. From as little as £15 per month.
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