Why more women die of bacteraemia
Scientific research is an ongoing process and one conclusion often raises more questions than it answers. Our research, published in…
Infection/Disease
Screen and treat for HepB
Hepatitis B is a devastating virus that infects around 250 million people worldwide and is endemic proportions in parts of…
Can we win the war on bacteria?
“The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops. Then there is the danger that…
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…
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,…