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Women’s health in Jersey and Guernsey to be discussion topic at event next week

Tim Bullock — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 08:55:10 +0000

Research into women’s health in Jersey and Guernsey is to be the topic of discussion at a seminal gender health gap event next week. The research has found that two thirds of women (61%) say there is a lack of support and understanding surrounding women’s health issues in Jersey. More than half (52%) of respondents […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 10 March 2022 at 08:55 GMT.

Raising awareness of the menopause on International Women’s Day

Tim Bullock — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:01:43 +0000

Jersey’s Government is encouraging Islanders to get involved in conversations about the menopause, as part of events marking International Women’s Day on Tuesday 8th March. Minister for Social Security, Deputy Judy Martin, leads on equality, diversity, and inclusion and has established an informal States’ Members group to discuss issues relating to the menopause, following a […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 8 March 2022 at 05:01 GMT.

Family Nursing & Home Care commits to enabling a menopause-friendly workplace

Tim Bullock — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:00:56 +0000

Family Nursing & Home Care (FNHC) have signed the 51 Employers Pledge, committing to enable a menopause-friendly workplace, in alignment with the 14 stated commitments, by 31st December 2022. Led by The Diversity Network, See her Thrive and Affinity Private Wealth, the 51 Employers Pledge is open to Jersey businesses, public sector entities and charities […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 28 February 2022 at 09:00 GMT.

High cost of living means families delay having children, risking higher levels of infertility

Tim Bullock — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:01:01 +0000

Dr Neil Maclachlan (MBE), gynaecologist and panel member at next month’s ‘Championing Women’s Health’ event, is calling on islanders to consider the risks of delaying conception, with families in Jersey waiting longer to start a family than those in the UK. In Jersey the proportion of mothers aged 35 years and over at delivery has […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 22 February 2022 at 10:01 GMT.

Watch: Make sure you have your life-saving cervical screening test

Tim Bullock — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:00:50 +0000

Jersey’s Social Security Minister is lending her support to a new campaign which encourages people not to delay having their cervical screening (smear) test. The ‘Don’t Put It Off’ campaign was launched in late December to remind women, and people who have a cervix, of the importance of the potentially lifesaving test. The Minister for […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 17 January 2022 at 09:00 GMT.

Focusing on health and wellbeing: When did being selfish become negative?

Stacey Baxter — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 04:01:22 +0000

Welcome to our series focusing on health, wellbeing and yoga with Stacey Baxter of Muladhara Yoga. Let’s begin by defining selfish. Being selfish is ‘considered’ the act of being egotistical, being concerned only about oneself and having a complete disregard for others. Doesn’t sound great, does it? Let’s try and look at it from a […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 28 September 2021 at 04:01 GMT.

Focusing on health and wellbeing: Learning to let go…

Stacey Baxter — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 04:01:50 +0000

Welcome to our series focusing on health, wellbeing and yoga with Stacey Baxter of Muladhara Yoga. Whether we like to admit it or not, we all feel we need to have control in some way or another. Whether that be simply controlling the way our house looks and feels or controlling our career by encouraging […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 3 August 2021 at 04:01 GMT.

Focusing on health, wellbeing and yoga: Inhale, exhale, repeat

Stacey Baxter — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:02:21 +0000

Welcome to the third part of our new series focusing on health, wellbeing and yoga with Stacey Baxter of Muladhara Yoga. Breathing, something so simple but one we can perhaps take advantage of. Consider this, you can go days without food and water, but you cannot go a few minutes without a breath never mind […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 6 July 2021 at 04:02 GMT.

Health Eye: For the partners – how to be useful to your woman in menopause

Deborah Forsythe — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 04:01:39 +0000

For the partners – how to be useful to your woman in menopause… and what to do when nothing will help! “Dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle” – Ian Fleming, describing a horse How interested in sex do you think a woman would be who is having hot flushes, not sleeping, moody, […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 24 June 2021 at 04:01 GMT.

Queens Road Medical Practice events focus on the menopause

Tim Bullock — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 09:30:31 +0000

More than 100 people attended three free events this month hosted by Queens Road Medical Practice about the menopause. The ‘Making sense of the menopause’ educational talks, presented by Dr Petra du Plessis, discussed the menopause process, symptoms, treatment options and how it is diagnosed. Catch-up with our Menopause series here The menopause is when […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 22 June 2021 at 09:30 GMT.