City life increases risk of psychosis
City life may substantially increase a young person's risk of having psychosis, including hearing voices and feeling extremely paranoid, according to a…
Pharmacy/Drugs
Say goodbye to injections for Wet AMD
As someone who has carried out injections into the eyeball of patients with Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), I was…
Pills to pop before breakfast
Proton pump inhibitors, which suppress acid production in the stomach, are widely prescribed for heartburn. The usual advice is to…
Swiss move to ban aluminium in antiperspirants
The Swiss are worried about the role that antiperspirants, and specifically aluminium salts in antiperspirants, may play in breast cancer,…
Challenging diagnosis of IBS
Doctors often find it challenging to make a positive diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), which affects at least one…
Baker’s yeast makes penicillin
Why is it important that, for the very first time, we have reengineered Baker's yeast to manufacture penicillin? Our team…
Should you take blood pressure pills in the morning?
Should you take blood pressure pills first thing? When it comes to taking certain medications for cardiovascular health, there is…
Allergies that start in adulthood
Adults who have never had allergies can suddenly develop asthma, eczema of food allergies long after they have left childhood…
Sudden cardiac death in young people
Every week, 12 apparently fit and healthy young (aged 35 and under) people in the UK die from a previously…
Gene therapy for nervous system disorders
My decision to get involved with developing gene therapy for neurological disorders came about because my own daughter, Ornella, 11,…