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Patient.info • 21st April 2024

Real stories: How to manage endometriosis and your career

We speak to three women who navigate endometriosis with successful careers. They speak frankly about the challenges, reveal the adjustments that have helped, and share their words of advice.

Patient.info • 22nd February 2024

Living with fibromyalgia - Jenny's story

Over the phone, Jenny's sunny Californian accent fills with warmth as she describes her family and her canine sidekick, Petra. For Jenny, nature walks with Petra have at times been her lifeblood, whenever she feels constrained,
misunderstood, or like she isn't enough.

Jenny has spent almost 30 years living with fibromyalgia, a condition which causes her daily pain. But over three decades, Jenny has discovered ways to cope and calm her symptoms - and she wants to spread the message that you can have fibromyalgia and thrive.

Digital Playmakers • 22nd March 2023

Digital Marketing In Sports 2023  | Digital Playmakers

In 2023, sports marketers need to continue to embrace the digital revolution and how this is shaping the behaviour of sports fans. How are audience habits changing? And what opportunities does this create in the world of sports digital marketing?

Patient.info • 24th May 2023

What is a clinical trial?

We need clinical trials to understand how new treatments work on people. If successful, they may eventually be used in the real world by those who need them for a better quality of life. Find out all about how clinical trials work, along with personal insights from Alice - who has participated in around 50 trials over his life.

Patient.info • 24th July 2024

Plastic free July: should we be worried about microplastics?

What do testicles, clouds, beer and arctic ice all have in common? These are all places you might find microplastics, if you were a scientist with the right equipment to detect these tiny pieces of plastic, measuring below 5 millimetres. Over the last 20 years, microplastics have been discovered all around us, and now inside us too. It's thought we consume around 5 grams of microplastic particles every week - equivalent to the weight of a credit card. But what does this mean for our health? Here's what we currently know.

Patient.info • 12th July 2023

Hypnotherapy for IBS: the gut-brain axis

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a gut disorder that causes digestive symptoms like diarrhoea, constipation, bloating, and abdominal pain - so how can hypnotherapy influence what goes on in your stomach? A growing body of research around the two-way communication between your gut and brain is showing that hypnotherapy for IBS can improve symptoms - and the results may impress even the biggest hypnosis sceptics.

Patient.info • 9th March 2023

Period poverty: a public health crisis

Period poverty in the UK is affecting a growing number of women and girls - denying them essential hygiene, risking illness, affecting well-being, and hindering equality.

Digital Playmakers • 1st February 2023

Facebook CPM Predictions 2023 | Digital Playmakers

For Facebook marketers and advertising agencies, Q1 is for allocating budgets for offline, digital, and paid marketing. This marks a crucial time of year, as during this stage it’s vital to plan for fluctuating costs on Facebook. These costs change year on year – 2021 to 2022 saw the average CPM (cost per thousand impressions) on Facebook rise from £9.34 to £11.651.

Patient.info • 22nd October 2023

What's your ageotype: the four main ways we age

While we all age the same chronologically, year on year, we don't each age biologically in the same way. Our genes, environment, and lifestyle habits all play a part in this.

There are thought to be four main and overlapping biological ageing patterns that people fall into. Scientists have called these 'ageotypes' - and knowing yours could help you live a longer, healthier life.

Patient.info • 12th April 2023

Why is egg freezing on the rise and is it safe?

In the last decade, the number of women choosing to freeze their eggs has increased tenfold. Egg freezing can offer a great opportunity, but it isn't a fail-safe insurance policy against age-related infertility. To help women decide whether this treatment is right for them and their bodies, they need clarity around egg freezing risks, success rates, and other physical, emotional, and financial factors.

Comfort Pig in Colombia • 4th December 2024

How Not to Prepare for Salento

Salento is a small town made up of colourful colonial houses, steep sloping streets and a lively plaza. It is also a popular gateway to the surrounding coffee zone, with its rolling fertile hills and iconic hikes. I invite you to learn from my shortcomings in this how-not-to guide. Along the way, you should also get a taste of the main activities on offer here – coffee farms and the famous Cocora Valley hike.So, here’s how not to prepare – and why.I might be forgiven for omitting a warm layer wh...

Patient.info • 18th September 2023

Safer than cigarettes? The rise of vaping in schools

The range of playful vape flavours, colours, and shapes may look a lot less scary to a child than the gory, unnerving photos of diseased organs on cigarette packets - but is vaping really that much safer? As vaping becomes more widespread in UK schools, we look at the known vaping side effects, and ask whether it's dangerous
for parents to view vaping as a deterrent or safe alternative to smoking.

Patient.info • 21st May 2024

8 tips to help reduce your cancer risk at any age

Cancer in people under 50 has been increasing since the 1990s - and has risen by 79% over the last thirty years. Changes in diet and other lifestyle factors are playing a big part in this rise. We explore the lifestyle habits thought to be most important in reducing your risk of cancer.

Patient.info • 29th September 2022

Why we need to talk about breast implant illness

Have you heard of breast implant illness? Although not yet recognised as an official medical condition, understanding that this is a possible side-effect of breast implant surgery can help people make more informed decisions, identify the root of their health issues, and improve their chances of recovery.

Bad Choices in Good Places • 28th March 2025

A Millennial’s Suitcase Essentials

The Millennial, cash-poor but holiday-rich, is going on her fourth mini break this year. She opens up her suitcase on the bed, accidentally spends 20 minutes scrolling on socials, then begins to pack. Adulting. She is humming the chorus of “Breathe” by Blue Cantrell (feat. Sean Paul), a song that she believes came out five years ago.

Patient.info • 24th April 2024

On the rise: what causes high blood pressure in young adults

High blood pressure is affecting the under 50s more and more frequently - but why? We explore the lifestyle habits among Millennials that may be responsible for this rise. Whatever your age, by addressing these causes of high blood pressure, you can help keep your blood pressure healthy and try to avoid the serious health issues it can lead to.

Patient.info • 3rd June 2024

LGBTQ+ travel: how to stay safe

Whether you're choosing your next holiday destination, planning a backpacking route, or attending Pride abroad this summer, being healthy, having fun and staying
safe are top of the agenda. With help from LQBTQ+ advocate, YouTuber, and author Calum McSwiggan, we've
assembled LGBTQ+ travel tips to help you protect yourself from harm in countries where discrimination persists.

Comfort Pig in Colombia • 19th November 2024

One-upping Day Trippers on a Rosario Island

The Rosario archipelago is a slice of Caribbean paradise only a short boat ride from Cartagena. This makes these coral islands popular with day trippers from Colombia’s vibrant coastal city. In this national park, you’ll find charming crescent beaches, turquoise waters and cocktails during the day. But these islands have more to offer when you stay overnight. Bodies fill every sunbed, drinking cocktails and nattering over the daytime playlist on the speakers. In the sea, groups are gossiping in...

Bad Choices in Good Places • 10th March 2025

Minca isn’t a hidden gem

Abundant in birds and tourists alike, Minca is a gateway village to jungle trails, and a nature-lover’s accommodation haven, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. There are hikes for most fitness levels - some ending with refreshing dips in waterfalls and rivers – and superb food options at the end of each day. Minca is where you go to access Colombia’s wildlife – but what it isn’t is undiscovered.Put Minca in your search engine and you’ll find phrases like “tranquil village” and “hid...

Patient.info • 23rd April 2024

Does your ethnicity influence your fertility success?

No race or ethnicity is more fertile than the next. Why is it, then, that in wealthy countries like the UK and US, your chances of having a healthy and successful pregnancy have links to your ethnic identity?

We explore the biological and cultural factors that affect this, as well as the important role of fertility treatment, and how easy it is to access.

Comfort Pig in Colombia • 28th October 2024

Storia D’Amore Has Bogotá’s Best Tiramisu

Storia D’Amore aims for young, energetic and eclectic. Owners Alejandra Reyes and Juan Camilo Acosta were just 25 when its doors opened. So, I'm not greeted with the table clothes, candles and mood lighting found in many Italian eateries here.  Instead, I pass through a neon heart-shaped entrance into a brightly lit space with soft blue-green hues, quirky hand-woven furniture, and a contemporary vertical garden. This is the popular Italian’s Calle 122 location, in Bogotá’s foodie Usaquen distric...

Comfort Pig in Colombia • 27th September 2024

I'm Happy I Found This Charming Rum Bar

Pedro Mandinga Rum Bar is one of those places that feels very cool but also very warm and cosy. Stepping into the colonial Caribbean decor, I’m pleased with myself for finding a date night bar that feels so, well, Latin American - not a given in the sprawling urban landscape of Bogotá.  Actually, it feels a little like a Grandma’s sitting room – in a charming but trendy kind of way. My husband and I have reached the small, lob-sided space on the third floor, with its heavy use of wood, patterned...

Bad Choices in Good Places • 21st April 2025

A Plea From My House Plants

Let us start off by saying we think you’re really swell. That time you cleaned and lit candles – that was really sound. Good job chica.Listen, we know you don’t speak Spanish, and that this can’t make owning Colombian house plants easy. But let’s work on our communication.

Bad Choices in Good Places • 17th March 2025

5 Places To Stuff Your Face in Minca

You may expect Colombian cuisine to reign in a small gateway village to the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. But this is not a Colombian food guide of Minca. While there are a few places to eat tamales and patacónes, the international food scene is one of the most surprising aspects of this jungle hub.Love it or hate it, Minca’s popularity with tourists is clearly showcased in pizzerias and burger joints – and the fact that here, avocado is just at home on toast as it is in a bandeja paisa.This is...