Most people think that memory loss, one of the main symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, only affects those in later life. But the disease can actually affect people as young as 40. With over 40,000 people under 65 living with dementia in the UK. To educate a younger audience about the effects of Alzheimer’s, Innocean Worldwide […]
WildAid, an environmental organization that focuses on reducing the demand for wildlife products, together with Wunderman, a leading global digital agency, has just launched a China-based integrated activation campaign aimed at raising public awareness of the plight of pangolins, the world’s most trafficked and least understood wild mammal. It is estimated that over 1 million […]
Change4Life has launched a food tracker app in its annual January health push, helping parents keep an eye on kids’ salt, sugar and fat intake. Be Food Smart builds on Public Health England’s sugar tracking app in 2016. The latter was a runaway success with more than two million downloads. It works in a similar […]
A smartphone app that “nudges” patients with alcohol-related liver disease away from their favouritedrinking dens and off-licences is being trialled by a London hospital. Sixty patients whose drinking has resulted in them being admitted to a ward at the Royal Free hospital, Hampstead, will be enrolled on the scheme. The AlcoChange app uses GPS technology […]
Australian Tinder users have been ‘swiping right’ to a series of personified STIs as part of a campaign by condom brand Hero. From ‘Johnorrhoea’ to ‘Sydphilis’ and ‘Herpeia’, a series of 10 fake profiles named after the diseases have been appearing as potential date options for singles on the platform in a bid to highlight the unpleasant side-effects […]
The National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday this year, and as of late has been rolling out a number of ads and marketing stunts to raise awareness of the milestone, including a virtual park tour and campaign created by Grey called ‘Find Your Park.’ The US agency’s latest centennial initiative is a mobile […]