Stories
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Medics and the bomb
Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.
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Finding a cure for homesickness
While technology can mitigate some aspects of homesickness, other components of home are harder to replicate. Find out how 21st-century studies are helping homesickness sufferers find silver linings in their new situation.
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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
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
Catalogue
- Books
Medical Association for the Prevention of War bulletiin. No. 21, January, 1960.
Medical Association for the Prevention of WarDate: 1960- Ephemera
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Medical Association for Prevention of War : "Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred in my heart." 1915 / Medical Association for the Prevention of War.
Medical Association for Prevention of War (UK)Date: [between 1980 and 1989]- Archives and manuscripts
Medical Association for the Prevention of War
Date: 1952Reference: PENROSE/2/6/4/8Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Papers of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War
Date: 1952-1962Reference: PENROSE/2/6/3/1Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
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Medical Association for the Prevention of War
Date: 1952-1962Reference: PENROSE/2/6/3Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers