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The science of healthiness
We’re not just backed by doctors.
We are doctors.
And we’re here to arm you with all the insight you need to feel better and live a healthier life.
The HR Imperative: Addressing Burnout to Protect Your People and Profits
Human Resources leaders face an increasingly complex challenge. Once regarded primarily as operational facilitators, today's HR...
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Protect Your Top Talent: Proven Strategies to Prevent Employee Burnout
How to Prevent Employee Burnout Before It Impacts Your Business Burnout is more than just feeling tired or stressed - it's a state of...
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The ROI of Investing in Employee Wellbeing: Why Health Is Your Smartest Business Strategy
In today’s workplace, wellbeing isn’t a perk - it’s a performance driver. While the conversation around employee health once centred on...
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The Pandemic May Be Over, But Workforce Sickness Isn’t - What Can Employers Do?
The world may have moved on from the height of the coronavirus pandemic, but one lingering issue remains, workforce sickness. Across...
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How Healthy Is Your Workforce?
Key Indicators and What They Really Mean In today’s fast-paced work environment, the health of your workforce is more than just a...
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Workplace Wellbeing: Who’s Responsible - Employer or Employee?
Creating a healthy workforce isn’t just about offering free fruit and a gym membership. True well-being requires balance, between what...
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How Does a Private Prescription Work in England?
If you’ve been given a private prescription, you might be wondering how it differs from an NHS prescription. The key difference? With a...
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Understanding Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions that can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, or background. They have the...
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Episode 3 - Dr Mahnaz Hashmi. Understanding mental health challenges.
As a Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Mahnaz argues her most important roles are to advocate for patients with severe mental illness and...
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Episode 2 - Dr Fiona Reynolds. Running Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Covid & bringing Malala to the UK.
In October 2012 Dr Fiona Reynolds was visiting Pakistan to help advise on the intensive care aspects of liver transplantation but in the...
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Episode 1 - Dr Barry Lambert. What you didn't know about general anaesthetic
We speak to Consultant Anaesthetist and Medstars co-founder Dr Barry Lambert about how anaesthesia works and what happens to you when you...
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Enhance your Health - Why You Should Consider a Medstars Nutritional Blood Test
In today’s fast-paced world, staying on top of your health is essential. Whether you’re aiming for peak productivity, mental clarity, or...
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What You Need to Know About Safe Drinking
Enjoying a drink now and then is part of life for many, but understanding what “safe drinking” means is key to protecting your health....
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What’s the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?
Though the names sound similar, there is a big difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist. Whilst they both specialise in...
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Symptoms of lung cancer: what does your cough mean?
Everyone gets a cough now and again. We desperately try and hold it in during meetings for a few days before thankfully, to the relief of...
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What is well woman check?
A well woman health screening consists of a variety of checks designed to catch early signs of health disorders. It’ll also produce a...
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10 Things You (Probably) Never Knew About Space, Health and Astronauts
Saturday 20th July 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. But how much do you really know about health and space? 1....
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Breast or bottle: when fed is best
If you are a parent—and even if you are not—you will probably be aware that breastfeeding is generally held to be the ‘gold standard’ for...
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Cancer Survivorship: The Psychological Effects
Getting a diagnosis of cancer is no longer necessarily a death sentence. As new treatments are developed, more people are surviving...
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Healing Plants: What Powers do our Gardens Possess?
I type this whilst munching on a hearty handful of sunflower seeds – a healthy snack, rich in nutrients and low in carbs. Plants and...
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