Health & Well-being Blogs

Lent Health Fast That Lasts!

Lent can be more than a religious fast, it's a good excuse to change your diet.

READ HERE

Posted March 2012

Shop Miles into Inches

Shopping is an exercise - yes really! READ ALL ABOUT IT

Posted December 2011

Don't Forget the Red Ribbon!

Red Ribbon Day has been and gone but rising HIV rates show that HIV is not history in the UK. READ MORE

Posted December 2009

To Have and to Hold! The Swine Flu Vaccine

READ HERE to find out why you should have the swine flu vaccine.

Posted November 2009, updated December 2009

Keep Warm to Ring in the New Year

Excess winter deaths are still a big problem in the UK. Please don't be cold for Christmas! READ MORE

Posted October 2009

Hey you! Take a Walk on the Wildside

Guided walks are the latest fad sweeping through Hollywood. Find out how you too can walk to a healthier you. READ MORE

Posted September 2009

Lady of the Lamp by night, Public health practitioner by day?

Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of modern nursing and the inventor of the pie chart but was she also the first lady of public health? READ MORE

Posted August 2009

Taking a Gamble

Is the rise in internet gambling and the popularity of casinos playing roulette with our health? READ MORE

Posted July 2009

SSH! The Secret to not Ageing

How you can look sixteen at forty READ MORE

Posted May 2009

Green Eggs and Health

What impact does our carbon footprint have on public health? READ MORE

Posted March 2009

Bettering the Breast

Key to successful breastfeeding is perseverance, confidence and support in the first two weeks. READ MORE

Posted February 2009

I Spy With My Little Eye

Eye health comes to the fore of health promotion. READ MORE

Posted March 2008

Public Health is Everywhere!

Public Health, the lesser known twin of the celebrity Clinical Medicine, has finally come into the limelight. For years, people knew little of the contribution public health can make to general health but now its concepts are spreading and fast!... READ MORE

Updated November 2008

Talks for You to Share

In public health, we often give talks on health that can be cascaded throughout our colleagues (e.g. GPs, midwives, health visitors, schools, PCT staff).

Here are some drcath presentations that you can use to communicate to colleagues and friends on some important public health issues.

What is Public Health?

Pandemic Flu

Preventing Vitamin D deficiency

Immunisation in UK