Section: Health
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Shoulders, knees and toes: the two retirees helping women break language barriers to healthcare
How do you express pain in your second language? Friends from Nottingham set out to improve health outcomes by teaching English medical vocabulary
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Inquest finds Black Muslim woman died after missed opportunities in care
Ayaan Ali Waeys died of natural causes, coroner concludes, but says medics had chances to ‘change course of events’
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Black Muslim woman’s death caused by missed pregnancy complication, inquest told
An inquest heard that Ayaan Ali Waeys, 35, should have been admitted to hospital with pre-eclampsia. Her family believe discrimination played a part
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Some blood pressure drugs may be more effective for certain ethnic groups — study
Researchers at King’s College London hope the findings lead to better personalised care
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New wave of young Muslim swim teachers makes a splash in south Wales
Newport charity KidCare4U is training a new generation of Muslim swimming teachers
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Muslim medics sound alarm over cancellation of key NHS population survey
Health Survey for England is ‘vital’ to understand health inequalities affecting Muslim and South Asian people, warns British Islamic Medical Association
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Mental health project that draws on 1,000 years of Islamic psychology turns 10
The Lantern Initiative helps Muslims across the UK tackle anxiety and low mood using the work of psychology pioneers Abu Zayd al-Balkhi and Avicenna
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Bradford’s madrasas became health hubs — now others are following suit
Pizza bans and stretches before studying the Qur’an are among the ways Bradford’s Muslim supplementary schools are improving kids’ health
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‘If I’d been taught what endometriosis was, I’d have known sooner’
Cultural stigma and a lack of appropriate care have painful consequences for the menstrual health of Muslim women
