Section: Health
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What happened to Covid key workers when the clapping stopped?
Five years after the UK’s first lockdown was imposed, those who kept Britain running face a different challenge
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Use Ramadan to quit, anti-smoking team tells mosques in east London
Health outreach workers from Queen Mary University of London are visiting mosques to encourage people to beat the habit
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Former gambling addicts visit mosques to tackle stigma
Gambling is a sin in Islam. That can stop people getting help if they have a problem, says outreach group Urban Muslimz
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The Muslims on the front line of America’s abortion clampdown
Often shut out of discussions about abortion, Muslim-led groups such as the Ad’iyah Collective and Heart are fighting the erosion of reproductive rights
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Muslim families are battling to get their autistic children diagnosed
The number of children waiting for an autism assessment has reached a record high, with ethnic minorities among the hardest hit
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44% of Muslim doctors ‘have faced regular discrimination since medical school’
The British Islamic Medical Association (BIMA) also found majority had made lifestyle changes to stay safe after the riots
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Muslim-led projects to beat loneliness saved Britain £56m last year
Study links health problems including depression and even heart attacks to loneliness — but finds groups like Sisters4Islam are reaching those in need
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West Midlands children more likely to die with asthma than anywhere else in England
Researchers at the University of Bristol found Black, Asian, mixed race and ethnic minority kids were more at risk — and pointed the finger at housing poverty
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‘In some cultures menopause is not even spoken about’
From social stigma to a lack of culturally appropriate care, a variety of factors are impeding access to treatment for minority ethnic patients
