In this hugely informative webinar, Dr Fionnuala Barton, The Menopause Medic, talks us through how the menopause can affect both women and their wider family. She answers all of your questions, separates fact from fiction and helpfully talks through available treatment options.
Dr Weston hosts a Q&A session with Professor Adam Fox, one of the world’s leading paediatric allergists (allergy experts). Want to know more about common allergies? Need more information about their diagnosis, symptoms and management? Professor Fox answers numerous questions on allergies of all kinds.
This resource is designed to help adults engage younger children in supportive conversations about a loved one’s illness. We invite children to gently open up about worries they may have, give them confidence to ask questions and demonstrate that there are people in their lives who are prepared to help them find out the answers.
Understanding more about their menstrual cycle can help young people manage symptoms more effectively. Help your teen to tool up with this list of the best innovations in menstrual cycle tracking apps and sustainable, comfortable, confidence-boosting period products that are highly suitable for younger girls.
In this podcast, Dr Weston is joined by research scientist, Dr Natalie Brown, to discuss the importance of menstrual cycle education and its current delivery in UK schools. They talk about the everyday effects of the menstrual cycle, including its impact on school attendance, social confidence and participation in sport and physical activity, and explore the general lack of understanding around many of the issues associated with it. Dr Brown outlines the findings of a new study examining teachers’ perceptions of menstrual cycle education, chats about the perceived barriers to delivering it and lets us know what she and her team intend to do to help things improve!
In this podcast, Dr Weston is joined by Laura Barrett, author of a powerful and moving new book which chronicles her experiences when, shortly after birth, her third son was diagnosed with the life-limiting genetic condition, cystic fibrosis. It is a powerful and inspiring read, imparting a strong message of hope for any parent going through a similar situation. In this interview, published to coincide with Cystic Fibrosis Week (13th-19th June), Laura describes her coping mechanisms, gives us some insight into raising a child who has cystic fibrosis (her baby has grown into a fun-loving, sport mad young boy, raring to start school in September) and provides some general advice on coping with diagnoses and long hospital stays, regardless of the specific condition.
Many of us enjoy sweet, sugary snacks as a small part of a balanced and nutritious diet. Whilst it’s important not to demonise any types of food, it is a good idea to teach children about the impact that sugar can have on our teeth, and discuss the best times to eat it. This activity is great at home or school. It will give children some key facts about sugar and our teeth and gets them to consider different snack options and drinks that are available to them.
Helping children to know more about the importance of their teeth is a good way to encourage them to get into good oral health habits. This crossword can be used in the classroom or at home.
Believe it or not, tooth decay is the most common reason for non-emergency hospital admissions in children aged between five and nine in the UK. Helping children to learn about what our teeth are for, and the importance of looking after them, is crucial. This simple activity can be done at home or in the classroom. It helps young children to learn about the development of our teeth, what the different types of teeth are for, and why we need them.
What can we do at home to ensure that children grow up with healthy mouths and a positive attitude to oral health? Here are some top, dentist approved tips.
