Breastfeeding call to action
This week is #WorldBreastfeedingWeek. This Unicef Video highlights the issues behind the UK’s low breastfeeding rates, and calls on the UK…
Infection/Disease
A spotlight on neglected hepatitis
On World Hepatitis Day, Dr Philippa Matthews, a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow, puts the spotlight on neglected viruses including…
Calming immune cells
Scientists have found a way to calm immune cells, reducing inflammation which can lead to diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and…
Amazing dogs can help detect disease
We already know what an amazing sense of smell dogs have and how it protects us on a daily basis. …
EU plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat that is responsible for 25,000 deaths and a loss of €1.5 billion in the…
Water treatment could be damaging DNA
Water treatment is vital to maintain human health but a method widely used in developing countries could be damaging the…
Sex and diabetes
https://youtu.be/t4iUerLYQ48 Negotiating your way around the bedroom when you have diabetes from Diabetes UK
Emergency health surveillance in Uganda
As a public health physician who has previously worked with Medicins Sans Frontieres in Sierra Leone and Turkey, I’ve just…
Amazing dogs changing lives for the better
Over the last 10 years, since I founded the charity Medical Detection Dogs, I have seen for myself what things…
First aid on holiday
Summer holidays are just around the corner and preparation is key when it comes to first aid on holiday. Accidents…