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Marriage and Health

WebHealth benefits of marriage. 52% of co-habiting parents have split by the time their children are five, but 92% of married parents are still together. (7) 70% of children born to married parents expect to spend their entire …

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Globalisation and health

WebAs people's health improves, so does their ability to earn a living, and the cost of medical bills falls. The nation as well as the individual benefits as good health reduces the economic burden of an overstretched health …

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Global Health Priorities

WebThey in turn could transform thousands of communities within a generation. The ASHA urban health programme working with nearly 200,000 slum residents in New Delhi is just one programme showing that …

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Christians and medical research

WebIt is therefore important that we all understand the assumptions, methods and challenges of research. For Christians, there is the added challenge of developing a biblical understanding of the utility and limitations of …

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Depression and cognitive behavioural therapy

WebDEPRESSION AND COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY. At any one time, one in six people in the UK struggle with a mental health problem, and one in four will be unwell …

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Drugs & Alcohol: Why Should We Care

WebIt has widespread effects on health. Alcohol misuse is linked to 70% of A&E attendances between midnight and 5am, to 125,000 facial injuries per year, to 60-70% of domestic assaults, and to 23% of child neglect cases. (4) In …

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MATERNAL & NEWBORN HEALTH IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

WebOne of the major long-term health consequences of complications during delivery is vesicovaginal fistulae, (22) whereby damage to the vagina and urethra during childbirth …

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When to Withhold or Withdraw Treatment

WebWithdrawing or withholding medical treatment is more often an issue of good clinical judgement than an ethical dilemma. Where the ethics of a situation are complicated, an …

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Autonomy: who chooses

WebWithin healthcare it refers to the 'freedom that a person has to order his or her life according to his or her own desires and values'. (1) This involves independence, self-reliance, and …

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Hard Questions about Health and Healing

WebSociety is obsessed with health but uncertain what it is. Modern medicine's 'miracles' appear to offer eternal life but ultimately disappoint, and while parts of the church never pray for …

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Human Suffering: Biblical Perspectives

WebA woman lies in a hospital bed. The cancer that started in her breast has spread. Her vertebrae and bones are now riddled with disease and she requires high doses of pain …

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The Mind-Body Problem

WebGlossary. Mind-Body Problem - the problem of describing the relationship between the mind and the body (or brain) Dualism - the view that mind and body exist as separate entities, …

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THREE-PARENT EMBRYOS FOR MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDERS

WebNew 'three-parent' IVF techniques have been developed which researchers claim could enable women to avoid passing mitochondrial diseases on to their children. …

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Problem Drinking: the Bigger Picture

WebSo begins the Prime Minister's introduction to the Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England (AHRSE). (1) After reminding us that moderate drinking can produce some …

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