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Every 90 seconds, someone in the UK is admitted to hospital with a brain injury – that’s a staggering 350,000 people per year.

Headway UK’s Action for Brain Injury Week is an annual campaign designed to raise awareness and understanding of acquired brain injury (ABI) and to help give survivors and their loved ones a voice.

This year’s ABI Week campaign entitled Every 90 Seconds , takes place from May 15-21 and will highlight how common brain injuries are and how they can affect any of us at any time.

Brain injuries can have many causes including strokes, tumours...

There are misconceptions that still exist around memory loss just being part of getting old and this can be a big barrier to accessing a dementia diagnosis.

This year's theme for Dementia Action Week is based around a timely diagnosis.

"It is vital to understand young people get dementia and there are around 40,000 people under 65 living with young onset dementia,” says Gina Awad BEM, Founder and Lead Exeter Dementia Action Alliance (EDAA).

“I talked with a lovely lady a few months ago who explained how she obtained her diagnosis.

Mary Bryant, was...

As chronic as substance use disorder is, its harmful impact makes no wonder. It poses a risk to your mental, emotional, and physical health right away. However, addiction treatment plans can help. While the former can be recovered with counselling and therapy sessions, physical health needs a detox. As we know, using alcohol and drugs can strip your body from key nutrients like vitamins and minerals and make you feel dehydrated, weak, or restless; the detox program can help you recover them. During the detox program in most rehabilitation clinics in UK, consuming nutrient-dense foods...

Billions of women deal with periods every day. The experience of a period can differ from person to person. For some, it is a painful process that can cripple them. For others, it can be just another week with different precautions. It can be concerning whether you face brown Discharge 2 weeks after a period or during a random time of the month. However, the brown discharge can make more sense if you align it with the timing of your periods.

However, some concerning symptoms can concern women worldwide. These may include discharge, burning, or itching sensations are some of the...