Health

Let's Get on PrEP! Event hopes to raise awareness of HIV

Let’s Get on PrEP! Event hopes to raise awareness of HIV

The University of Salford Students Union and LGBT society have teamed up with the LGBT Foundation to raise awareness of HIV and the medication PrEP.

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Project appeals for help to combat period poverty in Salford

The Red Box Project in Salford is encouraging people in Salford to help end period poverty in celebration of international woman’s day.

City's congested roads "threaten Salford's long-term health"

City’s congested roads “threaten Salford’s long-term health”

Green campaigners say the next generation of Salfordians could be “irreparably damaged” by air pollution after a busy city road was named as one of the most congested in the country.

University of Salford researchers say rogue cells may be starting point of all cancers

University of Salford researchers say rogue cells may be starting point of all cancers

New research at University of Salford suggests all cancers may be triggered by a rare rogue stem cell that has […]

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Let’s talk about mental health!

This Thursday, Time to Change is encouraging everyone to get talking about mental health as part of Time to Talk day. Time to Change is a growing movement helping change the way we all think about mental health problems, with the aim of ending mental health discrimination.

Salford University wins funding towards £11 million new specialist health centre

Salford University wins funding towards £11 million new specialist health centre

Salford researchers have won £5.3 million for a new centre for prosthetics and orthotics – the first of its kind […]

Investigating social media's impact on mental health

Investigating social media’s impact on mental health

The impact social media is having on the mental health of our children is currently a very prominent question. There […]