Sepsis is just as urgent as a heart attack and should be treated similarly
“Every year doctors, in the UK, have to deal with 150,000 cases of sepsis, resulting in around 44,000 deaths. This…
Infection/Disease
Viral hepatitis kills as many as malaria, TB or HIV/AIDS
“Although hepatitis is often overlooked in the media as HIV and AIDS tend to make headlines, viral hepatitis has become…
No kissing please!
Do doctors have time for dogs? According to social media, it depends on what field you work in and whether…
Genetic engineering and MND
Over the last 20 years, there have been tremendous strides in our understanding of motor neuron disease and ways to…
Beware of bilharzia
Thinking of travelling to Africa for work or pleasure this summer? Better read up schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia or snail fever,…
VLOG | Running an Ebola survivor clinic in Sierra Leone
https://youtu.be/rQG1Qe23Y8Q Justin Healy, a British doctor from Anglesey in Wales, vlogs from Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he's running an Ebola…
Malaria: Beaten in Europe but not out
Malaria cases in Europe have dropped from over 90,000 in 1995 to zero in 2015, due to high political commitment,…
Zanzibar’s Malaria Hunter
https://youtu.be/xmosxboD6-E Habiba Suleimon is a super-mum - an extraordinary individual with two wheels, a tablet and lots of data, who…
More NHS homeopathy, not less
The debate about whether homeopathy should be available on the NHS invariably sees the opposing sides citing numerous research papers…
Britain’s Battles with AIDS – scientists can be rock stars too
Last month Hillary Clinton took people back more than 30 years when she mis-remembered the policy and personal failures to…