Why we need consumer guides for complementary and alternative medicine
The Which? Guide to Complementary Medicine, which I wrote, was published in 1997. In the same year, Dorling Kindersley brought…
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A Novel Cure
Antibiotics are over used, many drugs are deemed not to be cost effective or are just too expensive, and staff…
Unravelling the Voice
Opening at the Wellcome Collection, Euston, on 14th April and enlisting the help of artists, philosophers and neuroscientists, a new show looks at the idea…
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…
The globalisation of medicine
Globalisation and the ever-shrinking world means that we now have access to the medical wisdom and traditions from all over our…
A Modern Apothecary Garden
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food – Hippocrates. What we eat is the most important way…
East meets West in physiotherapy
As the largest acupuncture organisation in the UK, we represent 6,500 physiotherapists who are interested in integrating Western evidence-based acupuncture…
Tap water for that feel good factor
In Scotland, scientists are looking into claims that adding lithium to water supplies could help our mental wellbeing. Lithium occurs…
Alcohol won’t shift insomnia
You might think that a tipple after a long shift is going to help you unwind and de-stress, but don’t…
Dear Future Doctor
https://youtu.be/Reo_pnI1A64 Produced and performed by Stanford medical students! Stanford University School of Medicine's music video parody on Meghan Trainor's "Dear…