Psychotherapy with children in Lesbos
Myriam Abdel Basit is an Irish cultural mediator who has spent seven months with MSF in Lesbos in Greece this…
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Donating blood – busting myths
Hospitals across the UK need a staggering 6,000 blood donations every day. However, in order to meet this demand, an…
Babies – Their Wonderful World
The BBC2 series, Babies – Their Wonderful World, which airs for the next few weeks, draws on a wealth of…
Intolerable variations in lung cancer care
Variations in lung cancer care ‘cannot be tolerated’ and many people face ‘unwarranted’ delays in treatment, says a new report…
More people choosing alternative medicine
Use of practitioner-led complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), such as acupuncture, massage, osteopathy and chiropractic treatment, rose from 12 per…
Safety concerns around aluminium adjuvants
It is approximately 10 years since we began our investigations into aluminium adjuvants and specifically their mode of action. We…
Keeping NHS workers safe
As NHS workers, we’ve all felt uneasy or isolated at times travelling home late, or in the wee hours. On…
Children are half of sport injury-related A&E attendances
The high burden of sport-related injuries on children has been highlighted by new research published by the Journal of the…
The Chancellor tells patients nothing
The Chancellor had several key questions to answer at this Budget, so that patients could understand how he would be…
Tough Choices and medical ethics
Why should non clinicians read it? Because they or someone they know may find themselves in a situation described in…