They affect many people around the world and in the UK. Unlike commonly found illnesses and disabilities such as Down Syndrome, they do not show any physical impairment on the person who has them. A person with a learning disability leads a difficult life and there are many obstacles that they may encounter in their lives. A learning disability is determined by an aspect of a person’s learning ability, which they cannot do because of [...]

Bariatric surgery, the technical name for weight loss surgery, is the last resort for many people when it comes to losing weight. Most doctors will not recommend procedures like gastric band surgery or gastric bypass surgery unless the patients have tried other less serious and invasive ways of shedding the weight already. Although the procedures are becoming more and more common in the UK, and much safer for patients, there is still a small risk [...]