Cancer and Time
johndabell With incurable cancer, time matters. Living with this sort of diagnosis alters your perception of and relationship to time. It means a confrontation with death and no one wants that.…
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Cancer And Fighting Talk
Cancer is strewn with violent metaphors that some find empowering and others find abhorrent. It’s very common to hear personal narratives and reported experiences of cancer described in militaristic, war…
Cancer: The Ultimate Roller-Coaster Ride
Strap yourself in and hang on for the ride. Cancer has often been described as a wild roller-coaster ride of emotions with plenty of ups, downs, twists, turns and jolts.…
Cancer And Exercise
Exercise is an all-important component of healthy living and well-being. But what about when you aren’t well? When you have cancer then the last thing you feel like doing is…
Are You A Teacher Stress Cadet?
We all experience stress in our lives and varying levels of it fluctuate throughout our days. For teachers, stress is a daily part of the job and not all of…
Electric Buses For Schools
Schools are keen to share with the world their eco-credentials and so they should because many work hard at putting the environment at the heart of who they are. Yet…
Miss, I Don’t Feel Very Well
As we all know the vast majority of teachers will have no medical background whatsoever except for their own medical CVs. Most are not trained first-aiders and very few will…
What Is Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy?
Perinatal asphyxia, more appropriately known as Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE) is a type of brain damage that occurs when an infant’s brain doesn’t receive enough oxygen and blood. It is a…
A Lack Of School Nurses Puts Pupils At Risk
Why are our children being short-changed?
Get Some Sleep
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