Clean air for London school children
Poor air quality in London affects everyone. Children and people with lung conditions are particularly at risk of suffering ill health effects. 330,000 London children...
ENT
The ENT category covers conditions and care related to the ear, nose and throat, including hearing, balance, sinus issues, allergies and voice disorders. It offers clinical insight, practical tips and updates on diagnostic and treatment approaches that support better head and neck health.
Chocolate’s acid effect?
As you tuck into your Christmas stocking chocolates, be aware that chocolate is said to be a contributory factor to nasty heartburn. Chemicals in chocolate...
You don’t know what you’ve lost ‘til it’s gone…
Smell is a wonderful sense. It is intimately linked to our taste and our appreciation of foods and drinks. It is also an important sense...
It’s a Sign – What a Textbook Can’t teach
Murmurs, crackles, oedema, thrills, shifting dullness, liver flap, spoon nails – the list of clinical signs goes on and on, yet learning them is not...
A view from the front lines of Nigeria’s Lassa Fever outbreak
Lassa fever is a deadly viral hemorrhagic disease in the same broad family as Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Dengue and Yellow fever. Lassa fever causes...
Hearing aids are still not cool
One in six people in the UK are deaf or hard of hearing and the majority are older people who develop hearing loss as a...
Hearing loss: a major public health issue?
Hearing loss is not a minor inconvenience in someone’s life. Many patients are desperate and socially isolated by their inability to hear what is going...
Drugs to prevent hearing loss
AM-111 - this is an experimental drug, developed by Auris Medical for people with acute inner ear hearing loss, which is a type of sensorineural...
Valium is no cure for loneliness
No one can doubt that there is an epidemic of loneliness among older people in the UK. The most senior acute care doctor in England,...
Medical aspects of aviation safety
Many of us travel by air. In 2013 alone, more than 3.1 billion passengers were carried, world-wide, in scheduled, mainly jet turbine aircraft. Of these...
