Health Prostrate Cancer risk trebles Boys born in 2015 will have almost three times the risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point during their lives than those born in 1990. Latest figures from Cancer Research UK show that the lifetime risk of prostate cancer will rise from five per cent (1 in 20) for boys born in […] By Besi • 3 min read
Health HIV charity to host welfare workshops Lunch Positive, the HIV charity who provide a healthy meal every Friday for people with HIV are hosting a series of support workshops, run by the Welfare Support Coordinator from THT South during February, March and April. 2013 introduces key changes to the main benefits for sick and disabled claima By Besi • 1 min read
Health New Health and Wellbeing Centre opens in Birmingham The first Health and Wellbeing Centre in the country designed exclusively to serve the needs of the city’s local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community has opened in Birmingham’s, Southside district. The launch event, held at the Centre on Wednesday January 23, saw specially invited By Besi • 2 min read
Health Norovirus activity continues to decrease Latest figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) show there have been 4,407 laboratory confirmed cases of norovirus this season (from week 27 to week 01 2013). The latest figures are 56 per cent higher than the number of cases reported at this point last year, when there were 2,828 cases. The By Besi • 2 min read
Health Flu activity update Latest figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) up to January 6, 2013 show that flu activity remain at similar levels to those reported in the previous week based on a number of indicators, including GP consultation rates in England and the proportion of calls to NHS direct. The latest figure By Besi • 1 min read
Health New mobile telephone app helps people with HIV access health information on the go The app, Life plus, has been launched by HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) to ensure the 5,000 members of myHIV are able to access information about their condition wherever they are. It is free to download, and contains tools for monitoring CD4 and viral load levels, storin By Besi • 1 min read
Health Eating disorder charity receives funding boost Men Get Eating Disorders Too (MGEDT) has received a £3,000 grant from the Santander Foundation’s ‘Community Plus’ initiative. The grant will provide twice monthly peer support group sessions for those affected by eating disorders in Brighton, Hove and Sussex. By Besi • 1 min read
Health Flu infections continue to spread Latest figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) indicate that increases in flu activity continue to be seen across several indicators, including GP consultation rates, the proportion of calls to NHS Direct and new admissions to intensive care or high dependency units. By Besi • 2 min read
Health METRO Chief Executive honoured in New Year List METRO Chief Executive Marguerite McLaughlin has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2013 New Year Honours List for health and community services to lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender (LGBT) and African people in London and the South East. By Besi • 2 min read
Health Health Protection Agency urge ‘at risk’ groups to get vaccinated Latest figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) indicate that flu is now widely circulating in the community. Increases have been seen particularly in the five to 14 age group, both from GP consultations and respiratory outbreaks in schools, as well as from calls to NHS Direct. By Besi • 2 min read
Health Suicide prevention pledge. A call to action! The Grass Roots Suicide Prevention Project want you to take the Tell Me pledge? Sign up to have open, honest and direct conversations about suicide By Besi • 1 min read
Sarah Hebben Health Queer community yoga classes Sarah Shanti Yoga will be running a Queer Community Yoga Class every Tuesday (excluding Christmas & New Year’s Day) in Brighton at the Garden Studio, 7a Ship Street from 8.15–9.45pm. The class will offer like-minded people the chance to practice yoga, recharge their batteries and reconnect with the By Besi • 1 min read
