Section: Health
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‘I have never seen injuries in children like I saw in Gaza’: a surgeon shares her experience
Dr Mahim Qureshi, a surgeon from London, spent two weeks in the Al-Aqsa hospital delivering vital aid to hundreds of patients
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How doulas are helping to tackle inequality in maternity care
Research shows Muslim women are more likely to face discrimination during childbirth
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‘I thought eating disorders only affected white women’
People from religious and cultural minorities face unique barriers on the road to recovery
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Muslim therapists call for more openness on faith-based counselling
New research indicates that faith-based treatment is more effective in improving the mental health of Christian, Muslim and Buddhist patients
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British Muslims and the battle against long Covid
The pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on working-class and ethnic minority communities in the UK. For some, its consequences show no sign of ever going away
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Islam-led sex educators are helping Muslim women ‘lean into pleasure’
For some Muslim women, feelings of fear and shame around physical intimacy are at the heart of medical conditions such as vaginismus
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‘My ADHD made me feel like I had failed God’
In recent years, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has become increasingly understood both at home and in the workplace — but the condition presents specific problems for practising Muslims
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‘Accepting cancer would be giving up, and that was never an option’
UK Muslims are among hundreds of thousands who travel to Turkey for medical treatment every year, sometimes in a desperate attempt to take advantage of purported life-saving treatments
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‘The war against drugs needs to be reimagined in a new way’
Inside the organisations helping Muslims with substance abuse issues during Ramadan
