Monitoring food security data through mobile technology
In rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Africa’s second largest country with vast fertile lands and thousands of lakes, rivers and streams,...
Innovation
The Innovation section showcases a variety of groundbreaking developments in healthcare and medicine. It includes diverse topics such as empowering students in skin health through design, developing wearable diagnostics for neuromuscular diseases, and utilizing “superhero bugs” and AI in combating infections. The section also covers significant research funding awards, collaborations like Coventry University joining the Turing University network, and advancements in early breast cancer detection using robotic technology. Additionally, it explores the integration of AI in electronic health records, clinical trials for spinal cord injuries, and innovative medical applications like using substances from poisonous mushrooms against kidney cancer, emphasizing the dynamic and transformative nature of medical innovation.
From mouthwash to medicine: innovation can come from unexpected places
As a physician who started out in geriatrics, I did not expect to end up researching and developing medicine for mothers and newborns. But as...
London Press Club and Hippocratic Post Debate
Is TV doctoring become the modern day equivalent of the Victorian freak show? And are doctors who become presenters on shows like Embarrassing Bodies and...
Data, data everywhere, but are doctors ready?
As I write in a patient’s notes in clinic, with the end of my pen in my mouth, I fall into a reverie thinking of...
Liver on a Chip
The liver, which is the largest organ in the body, has a variety of important functions. As the main organ controlling human metabolism it is...
Walking the line to null points
#BringOutYerNulls is being used on twitter to help highlight the challenge of publishing so-called “null results” - when no effect is seen. For example, in...
Why More Women Should Consider Doctor-preneurship
Healthcare is dominated by women. In the NHS 52 per cent of GPs are female, 85 per cent of nursing directors are female, and 54...
Laser to change eyecolour
Technology from the US could mean that someone could change their eyecolour permanently using a special type of laser. Dr Gregg Homer, who has a...
Can a rural hand pump tell you it’s not well?
Predictive health monitoring is widely used in engineering applications to detect damage to infrastructure as early as possible. Forecasting failure rather than merely detecting failure...
Is eternal youth bioavailable?
Bio-identical Hormone Therapy (BHT) was conceived three decades ago by US physician Dr Jonathan Wright as a natural alternative to HRT for peri-menopausal women. The...
