Balloon Buddies video game to aid rehabilitation
A video game that enables healthy volunteers to play with patients who have physical impairments may improve their rehabilitation, suggests…
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Most medics would not recommend career to kids
Two thirds of medics would not recommend their career to the children, finds a new survey conducted amongst senior hospital…
Alcohol and depression
Watch this short video from Alcohol Concern regarding the relationship between alcohol and depression. This week is Alcohol Awareness Week…
Do you have prediabetes?
Britain is facing a Type 2 diabetes epidemic of unprecedented proportions. Around seven million adults in the UK are estimated…
How to make diseases disappear
How to make diseases disappear | Rangan Chatterjee | TEDxLiverpool Can you actually make a disease disappear? Dr Rangan Chatterjee…
Social media – a force for good in mental health
Digital technology can be a powerful force for social good and can help people to become mentally stronger and more…
A conventional and complementary practice
There are only a handful of doctors like me in the UK – dually trained in conventional and complementary medical…
Drug ‘melts away’ fat inside arteries
A new drug being trialled for treating breast cancer and diabetes has been shown to ‘melt away’ the fat inside…
Avoid eye injuries on Bonfire night
Fireworks can burn at a temperature of over 1000 degrees centigrade – hot enough to melt gold. Think what they…
Witchcraft in Exeter
I grew up in Exeter, and - like J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, who attended University there…