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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist

Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.

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‘Jessy’, a film about cerebral palsy

How the 1950s British film industry portrayed this disease.

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Belonging, babies and self-belief

As a first-time mother living abroad, it seemed too exhausting to truly connect with new acquaintances. Instead, Tanya Perdikou began to make a kind of peace with herself.

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How the mental health system fails Black people

Accessing mental healthcare as a Black woman can be a challenging experience. Rianna Walcott shares her story, alongside those of three other women, to reveal the barriers she faced.

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  • AIDS safety guidelines with illustrations; part 1 of 2 posters by the State AIDS Project Cell with support from Unicef. Colour lithograph by the Centre for AIDS Research and Control (CARC), ca. 1997.
  • AIDS safety guidelines with illustrations (Malayalam version); part 1 of 2 posters by the State AIDS Project Cell with support from Unicef. Colour lithograph by the Centre for AIDS Research and Control (CARC), ca. 1997.
  • The risks of getting HIV infection including a table with statistics; part 2 of 2 posters by the State AIDS Project Cell with support from Unicef. Colour lithograph by the Centre for AIDS Research and Control (CARC), ca. 1997.
  • A mouth representing 'information', a child's hand touching an adults representing 'prevention', a bird in flight representing 'research' and an eye representing 'AIDS patients'; an advertisement by AIDES, the support group for those with HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph by Pascal Rivet Concept.
  • The risks of getting HIV infection including a table with statistics (Malayalam version); part 2 of 2 posters by the State AIDS Project Cell with support from Unicef. Colour lithograph by the Centre for AIDS Research and Control (CARC), ca. 1997.
  • Help us to promote progress without pain by supporting alternative methods of research that do NOT necessitate animal suffereing : Air Chief Marshal the Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research.
  • Help us to promote progress without pain by supporting alternative methods of research that do NOT necessitate animal suffereing : Air Chief Marshal the Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research.
  • Human embryonic stem cell (gold) growing on a layer of supporting cells (fibroblasts). Stem cells are derived from very early embryos and can either be grown to stay in their original state or triggered to form almost any type of human cell. The fibroblasts provide special factors that maintain the stem cells in their original state. The stem cell appears to be grasped by the underlying fibroblast. Stem cell research could lead to cures for many diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and diabetes, where a patient's cells are damaged or absent.
  • Warning : SmithKline Beecham funds animal experiments at Huntingdon Life Sciences : boycott their products / SHAC.
  • Warning : SmithKline Beecham funds animal experiments at Huntingdon Life Sciences : boycott their products / SHAC.
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