Antibiotic Resistance – The Battle Gets Harder
The World Bank estimates that between 1.1% and 3.8% of global GDP could be lost due to antibiotic resistance, (known…
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Blast Damaged Children – World Extreme Medicine
One in six children in the world live in a conflict zones and are seven times more likely to die…
Queen’s University Belfast Awarded Research Grant to Improve Bone Marrow Cancer Treatment
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have received the first scientific research grant from MDS UK to improve treatment for Myelodysplastic…
Immunotherapy Backed as Standard First-line Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer
Immunotherapy pembrolizumab keeps some patients alive for three years or more Pembrolizumab either used alone or in combination with chemotherapy…
Digital Sepsis Monitoring System Helps Save Lives and Improves Care
The introduction of a digital alert system to monitor patients with sepsis has led to a reduction in deaths and…
National HIV Testing Week is Here!
The main purpose of HIV Testing Week is to encourage as many people as possible to test especially those that…
Can Thermal Imaging Detect Breast Cancer?
If Bal Gill had not chosen to visit the Camera Obscura and World of Illusions at Edinburgh’s Royal Mile earlier…
And Life Goes On
It is a while since I have written a blog. My disease has been stable for just over a year…
Ayahuasca Compound Changes Brainwaves to vivid “Waking Dream” State
Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness by significantly altering the brain's electrical…
High-Fat Maternal Diet Can Cause Brain Damage in the Unborn Child
A study team at MedUni Vienna’s Center for Brain Research has found that high-fat maternal diets can cause life-long changes…
Bionic Pacemaker Slows Progression of Heart Failure
Using brain circuits made in silicon, scientists have alleviated symptoms of heart failure by reinstating the body’s natural heart rhythm.…
Simple Blood Test Could Better Predict Kidney Disease & Cardiovascular Risk
Researchers have found a better way to test for kidney disease using a simple blood test that is affordable and…