Amy Schofield
Freelance Journalist
United Kingdom
I am an experienced print and online writer and editor of features, news, blogs, books and web content. A talented and creative pair of hands for all writing opportunities.
United Kingdom
I am an experienced print and online writer and editor of features, news, blogs, books and web content. A talented and creative pair of hands for all writing opportunities.
This article was sponsored by the Office for Product Safety & Standards In 2016, a leading eye specialist called for laser pointers to be classed as 'offensive weapons' and banned from online sale after it was revealed that at least 47 UK children had suffered permanent eye damage - including blindness - from hand-held laser ...
Features Amy Schofield You're all human, right? Wrong. You are merely host to a 100 trillion microbial cells that make up the majority of your earthly form, primarily housed in your gut. These microscopic microbial life forms - known as the microbiota - outnumber our own cells by about 10 to 1, and the genes within these cells are collectively known as the 'human microbiome'.
Features Amy Schofield Astellas is working with the Fistula Foundation to raise money and awareness of a little known but life-shattering childbirth injury. Obstetric fistula is a problem that you may not have heard of, but this devastating childbirth injury and the stigma surrounding it ravages the lives of a million women worldwide.
Features Amy Schofield One in five men will die before the age of 65. Men die on average six years earlier than women. Suicide is the leading cause of death among men under 45. These are stark statistics, yet men apparently still find it more difficult than women to seek help when they have health worries.
features Amy Schofield As if it wasn't already successful enough when it comes to growing small humans, breast milk is, apparently, the gift that just keeps on giving, with the discovery of a compound contained within it that could kill cancer cells.