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Family Health by Mini First Aid
Welcome to The Family Health podcast with Mini First Aid. Each week, our founder Kate will be talking with a guest leading expert about the family health issues that matter to you.
Everything you ever needed to know about conditions and healthcare topics that affect your family. If you are looking for information, advice, tips and reassurance about family health, you’ll find it all in these super helpful, honest conversations.
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Episodes
41 episodes
Episode 40: Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, affecting 1 in 7 women in their lifetime. Yet, many people still believe it’s a disease that only affects older women. The reality? 2,500 people under 40 are diagnosed every year.In this...
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Episode 39: Chickenpox
Chickenpox is one of the most common childhood illnesses, yet when those first spots appear, many parents find themselves filled with questions. How can you tell if it’s really chickenpox? How do you manage the relentless itching? And at what p...
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Episode 39
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Episode 38: Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is often a hidden condition—one that many children and teenagers struggle with in silence. While they may appear outwardly fine, internally, they experience intense distress over perceived flaws in their appearanc...
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Episode 37: Meningitis
We know from talking to new parents at our classes that meningitis is one of their biggest health fears for their baby and this is because sadly babies under the age of 3 months are 70 times more likely to get bacterial meningitis than adults.<...
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Episode 36: Imposter Syndrome
In this episode of the Family Health Podcast by Mini First Aid, we dive into the all-too-familiar feeling of imposter syndrome with Jamie Shires, an experienced counsellor and mental health trainer. Whether you’re a parent, a profes...
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Episode 35: Pregnancy Nutrition
In this episode, we chat with Aliya Porter, a Registered Nutritionist and a mum of three who runs Porter Nutrition and Weaning Centre. Aliya is a mine of information about nutrition in pregnancy and how you can look after your own and consequen...
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Episode 34: Play Therapy
If you are unfortunate enough to have a child who has had to spend time in hospital, you may have met a Play Therapist. These amazing teams therapeutically support children, and parents, through the toughest times in their lives.<...
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Episode 33: Developmental Language Disorder
Many of us won’t have heard of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), yet this affects around two children in every classroom in schools across the UK and can affect literacy, learning, friendships and emotional well-being.DLD ...
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Episode 32: Bronchiolitis
How do you know when your child has a cold or the flu or something even more serious?Children regularly pick up coughs and viruses and it can be tricky to understand when to worry, how to soothe symptoms and when to ...
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Episode 31: Anaemia & Mastitis
In this episode, Kate chats with Cathy Tabner, Parent Education Midwife at My Expert Midwife who has helped and advised hundreds of women about breastfeeding and knows all there is to know about anaemia and mastitis. If yo...
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Episode 30: Weaning & Nutrition
Weaning is a huge milestone for babies as they move from a liquid, milk diet to eating solid foods. We know that breast and formula milk contain everything baby needs to grow and thrive, but when that milk consumption drops and food takes over,...
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Episode 29: Dementia
In today's Family Health Podcast episode, we delve into the complex landscape of dementia, a condition that not only affects individuals directly but also ripples through the lives of their loved ones. We chat w...
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Episode 28: Eating Disorders
In today’s digital society, children are bombarded with images of supposed perfection. According to recent statistics from the NHS, the struggle with body image and food among young people has surged alarmingly in recent years, with children...
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Episode 27: Gestational Diabetes
Our Dragons’ Den mentor Sara Davies MBE had gestational diabetes in both of her pregnancies and talks to us today about the guilt she felt when first diagnosed and what she has since learned about this condition that affects around 5% of pre...
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Episode 27
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Episode 26: Autism
In the UK, approximately 1 in every 100 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This number is probably lower than the reality as many families don’t want or think they need an official diagnosis. Behind these numbers lie ...
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Episode 25: Sports Nutrition in Teens and Pre-teens
If your child takes part in any kind of sport or leisure activity, you will know how much of their time outside of school is dedicated to these activities and how this impacts their diet, from the lack of time to sit and eat proper meals to ...
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Episode 24: Car Seat Safety
What are the laws around baby & child car seats? When should you switch to a forward-facing seat? When can your child sit up front with you? We might think we know the answers to these questions but this Family Hea...
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Episode 23: Asthma
Having asthma may once have been seen as a weakness or something to be pitied for, but is this still the case? What do we now know about the causes and treatment of asthma? Is there still some level of embarrassment for children living with ...
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Episode 23
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Episode 22: Skin Cancer
In 2019 Adele Hughes world was turned upside down when she received a melanoma diagnosis. Telling her children and her parents that she had skin cancer was just the start of her journey, which continued with immunotherapy treatment and becom...
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Episode 21: Parental Anxiety
Is it normal to suffer with anxiety when you become a parent? Why do we feel anxious as our children reach particular milestones? What is ‘normal’ anxiety and when should we worry that it has become some...
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Episode 20: Children’s Body Image
Show Notes: A 2015 survey showed that nearly a quarter of childcare professionals have seen signs that children aged between 3 and 5 years old, in their care, are unhappy with their appearance or bodies. This...
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Episode 19: Understanding Children’s Operations
Show Notes: If your child has to have an operation in hospital, it’s likely that they will be anaesthetised pre-surgery, which can be a pretty scary experience for both them and for you as a parent or carer.<...
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Episode 18: Understanding Endometriosis
Episode 18: Understanding EndometriosisShow Notes: Around 1.5 million women in the UK are currently living with Endometriosis, a condition that can be incredibly debilitati...
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