Stories
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The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
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Winter blues and the story of SAD
In ‘Chasing the Sun‘ Linda Geddes reveals why for some people, winter is literally depressing, showing how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
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The art of soundproof design
Too much noise is more than annoying – it has serious negative effects on health and cognitive ability. Find out how designers and architects are mitigating the downsides of sound.
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Sick of being lonely
When his relationship ended, Thom James first withdrew from the world, then began to suffer from illnesses with no apparent physical cause.
Catalogue
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Smoke-free Birmingham : where can you avoid tobacco smoke? : who can help you give up smoking? / Stuart Daniels.
Daniels, Stuart.Date: 1992
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The physiology and hygiene of sleep : bring the annual public lecture on "The laws of health" delivered at the Midland Institute, Birmingham, September 16, 1910 / by David Fraser Harris.
Fraser-Harris, David Fraser, 1867-1937.Date: 1910- Books
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Risk literacy and the public : MMR, air pollution and mobile phones : final report for the Department of Health, January 2003 / by Judith Petts [and others].
Date: 2003- Books
Statistical analysis and mathematical modelling of AIDS / edited by J.C. Jager and E.J. Ruitenberg.
Date: 1988- Books
Resource allocation & health needs : from research to policy : proceedings of a conference held to consider assessment of health care needs in relation to framing policies for allocating resources in the Health Seervice / introduced by Rod Griffiths ; keynote speakers, Brian Jarman, Vera Carstairs, Bobbie Jacobson ; edited by Estelle Gilman [and others] ; [organized by] Institute of Public and Environmental Health.
Date: 1994