Posts tagged health
British south Asian designer creates mask for religious headgear wearers

In creating a mask for her Sikh father-in-law, that fit around his turban and long beard, Sunnie Delilah, founder and designer of Delilah’s Dressing Room, created a revolution in masks for religious headgear wearing individuals.

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and ghd wants to help make sure you check your breasts each month

This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Hair styling products company, ghd, want to encourage and remind you to check your breasts regularly with their new product range. Read on to learn more about it, The Urban Kitchen founder, Toral Shah’s experience of breast cancer at just 29 and how to perform a potentially life-saving monthly breast check on yourself.

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More Asian people are likely to be a living organ donor than a deceased donor but Asian patients still wait six months longer for a transplant

There is a stark imbalance between the numbers of BAME people donating organs and those patients in need of a lifesaving transplant. Many who decline donating a relative’s organs say it is because they feel it is against their religious or cultural beliefs or because they do not know if it’s what the relative would have wanted. But a new law is looking to change this.

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