Stories
- Article
How your hairdresser could save your life
Barbers and hairdressers have a unique view of us – one that means they can spot potentially dangerous health problems. Find out how buzzcuts can lead to blood-pressure checks, and dip-dyes show the way to the dermatologist.
- Article
The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
- Long read
The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
- Article
We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies
Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Blood Pressure
Date: 1950sReference: PP/GWP/C/6/10Part of: Pickering, Sir George White- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Article "High Blood Pressure"
Date: Mid 20th CenturyReference: HALDANE/2/1/2/148Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Blood Pressure - Treatment of Hypertension. Surgical Progress, 1952, p.151
Date: 1952Reference: PP/GWP/F/63Part of: Pickering, Sir George White- Books
You and your blood pressure / Blood Pressure Association.
Date: 2005- Archives and manuscripts
'High Blood Pressure'
Date: c.1950sReference: PP/GWP/D/13Part of: Pickering, Sir George White