by Ian McMillan | May 16, 2025 | News
The gardening for health charity Thrive has published several case studies to highlight how therapeutic horticulture can help people improve their health. One of them focuses on Hilary, who developed osteoarthritis some 12 years, and was inspired to take up...
by Ian McMillan | May 14, 2025 | Mental Health, News, Paediatric, Sports & Exercise, Sports physiotherapy
Physical activity in early childhood, especially taking part in organised sports, may ward off several mental health disorders in later childhood and adolescence. That is the conclusion of researchers whose article was published online in the British Journal of Sports...
by Ian McMillan | May 13, 2025 | On The Move
Kate Grafton (pictured above), head of the School of Health and Social Care and professor of AHP education at the University of Lincoln, is relishing being part of a research project with a remit, among other objectives, to improve patients’ ‘timely access to...
by Ian McMillan | May 9, 2025 | News, Public health, Research, Respiratory, Women's Health
Women are about 50 per cent more likely than men to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – even if they have never smoked or smoked much less than their male counterparts. That is the finding of a study based on observational research that was...
by Ian McMillan | May 7, 2025 | Editor's Pick, News, Service design
Two researchers with physiotherapy backgrounds are to play prominent roles in a multidisciplinary team that will focus on making the 14 allied health professions (AHPs) more ‘sustainable and effective’. They are Kate Grafton, head of the School of Health and Social...
