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Be the rabbit nurse you’ve always wanted to be!
Join rabbit enthusiast, Claire Speight RVN C&G Cert VNES, on Friday 30 June at Leeds and find out how you can best care for rabbits in the veterinary practice environment, as well as providing clear accurate information to owners to enhance the welfare of rabbits. Claire holds the City & Guilds Veterinary Nursing of Exotic […]
Health and Fitness Tip of the Week: The importance of Meditation
Why is meditation important? We have all heard that meditation reduces stress however it is now being recommended by doctors that it can help improve creativity, improve sleep, decrease anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and even addiction. So how do we meditate? First, find a comfortable place where you can sit without distractions for at least […]
Join The British Veterinary LGBT+ Group at Pride!
The British Veterinary LGBT+ group is taking part in this year’s Pride in London Parade on 8 July, alongside 22,000 other members of the LGBT+ community. It will be a busy year for the organisation, as members also plan to participate in Pride Edinburgh on 17 June to reach more members of the professions. The […]
Health and Fitness Tip of the Week: Walking/Cycling to Work – Get your day started off on the right foot!
Assuming the distance between your home and work is not too great, there are a multitude of reasons you should consider walking or cycling to work! Here are just a few: Improve your fitness Walking and cycling are great forms of cardiovascular exercise, particularly if you go fast enough to raise your heart rate and […]
Mental Health Awareness Week: Improving your Mental Wellbeing
Mental health problems are incredibly common. It is estimated that 1 in 6 people in the past week have experienced a common mental health problem. Just as people are not defined by their physical injuries and disabilities, mental illness is not a character flaw and is not a sign of personal weakness. Defining people by their […]
Mental Health Awareness Week: Managing Stress
Everybody knows what it is like to feel stressed. Stress can be a useful drive that can help us to be more productive and feel more energised*, however chronic stress that becomes overwhelming over time can, not only, make existing mental health problems worse, but contribute to the development of mental health problems too.* If […]
Mental Health Awareness Week: Self-esteem
Self-esteem refers to the beliefs that we have about ourselves. This includes the opinions we have about our personalities, character traits, behaviours, abilities, strengths and weaknesses. People with healthy self-esteems will generally have a positive opinion of themselves. As such, although these people will experience tough times, they will be able to cope better than […]
Mental Health Awareness Week: Eating Disorders
Our relationship with food can be complicated, and often changes depending on our mood in the current moment. For this reason it might be difficult to recognise when an occasional food problem, such as comfort eating or undereating in times of stress, has escalated into an eating disorder. An eating disorder is an eating problem […]
Mental Health Awareness Week: Anxiety
Anxiety is used to describe feelings of unease, worry and fear. This includes physical sensations we might experience when we are struggling with anxiety. It’s normal to feel tense and fearful at the prospect of big event or decision you’re facing, especially if it is going to have a big influence on your future; for example […]
Mental Health Awareness Week: Depression
Depression is an incredibly common mental health problem, affecting around 1 in 10 people at some point during their lifetime.* Depression goes much further than simply feeling fed up now and again. Everyone experiences periods of unhappiness occasionally, however often low mood will improve after a short period of time. Depression is characterised when feelings […]