Influenza kills between 250,000 and 400,000 people worldwide every year, according to estimates by the World Health Organisation. In the UK, around 600 people die annually of flu complications. However, some years are much worse […]
HEALTH Return withVol. 4 :: SLAVES OF FEAR
Having produced the soundtrack for 2012 video game, Max Payne 3, and featuring prominently on the Atomic Blonde soundtrack with their cover of New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ – a phenomenal cover of a classic, in […]
Diet or Disorder?
Modern-day society is obsessed with dieting, body image and health, and it is impossible to get away from it. Social media is a constant reel of influencers pushing diet after diet, detox after detox and […]
The Gender Pain Bias: Women, Your Pain Is Not ‘All In Your Head’
While we live in an era attempting to tackle serous inequalities faced by women, such as the gender pay gap, one very important problem is being overlooked: the gender pain gap. Female pain is often […]
Phillip Morris’ U-Turn: Big Cigarette Manufacturer Urges Smokers to Quit
With a packet of 20 Marlboro Gold in the UK setting you back at around £11, it may seem surprising that Philip Morris has plans to stop selling here. The parent company of Marlboro, Philip […]
Fatshaming or life-saving?
Cancer Research came under fire recently for a controversial campaign advertisement that was intended to increase awareness of obesity as a leading cause of cancer. The ad, which references the fact that obesity is fast […]
Binge Eating: The Ignored Eating Disorder
With the arrival of Eating Disorders Awareness Week on Monday 26th February, we saw people all over the world sharing their stories, raising money and providing help and advice to those of us who may […]
#BloodNormal: A step forward in ending the period taboo
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you haven’t seen Bodyform’s new #BloodNormal campaign yet, it is a must watch. For the first time ever, a sanitary towel company has chosen to use ‘real’ blood in its advert over the mysterious […]
The End of the Boozy Student?
Annabelle Toon discusses whether or not we are witnessing the end of the British student drinking culture as we know it. University is stereotyped by many as the place where it’s acceptable to be […]
Have I Got News for Flu
Freshers’ Flu (FF) – odds are you probably will get it at least once whilst at university. That being said, when I went to university years ago in another life, I stayed in halls and […]