Applications are open for the British Psychological Society's Public Engagement Grants 2010. The Society has £14k to award to its members working on projects that help people or contribute to everyday life, and raise awareness of psychology and psychology research. This is the seventh year of the scheme. Past successful awards include £5k in 2008 to Dr Sarah Davidson who works with the British Red Cross to promote the CALMER psycho-social framework...
A cross-party group of MPs published a report on social care today which criticised the 'party political squabbling and point-scoring' and called for a fundamental reform of the social care system in England to be an immediate priority for the Government. The MS Society was one of only a handful of organisations who gave evidence to the cross-party group in November and today joined a large number disability and carers organisations in welcoming this latest report...
An army of 19 new and newly secured care advisors will be joining the fight against muscle disease across the UK with the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. Thanks to the hard work of campaigning patients in 10 UK regions and the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, babies, children and adults living with muscle disease will now have access to 19 regional care advisors, who provide vital care co-ordination, advice and guidance on services, equipment and funding. They are also an important point of contact for families to answer their questions about these rare and devastating conditions...
Recent studies have shown that significant health benefits can be derived from practising the Chinese exervise of Tai Chi. These include better balance and co-ordination which is of special importance to elderly people as this reduces falls and associated injuries, lowering of blood pressure and stress levels, strengthening of muscles and joints and improved cardiovascular [...]
Sports nutrition is something you may not think about every day. Many people spend their days wondering why they aren’t developing muscle mass as fast as others. Or, perhaps you can’t get your game to improve any. No matter what that game is that you are playing, the fact is that your [...]
One thing I can certainly relate to is the desire to start building muscle fast. Once you make the decision to bulk up and achieve a better physique, you want it right now. This is completely normal. In fact, it’s how we humans do things. We love instant gratification. We can’t help it. We’ve gotten [...]