Wesleyan RSM Trainee of the Year finalist: Dr Peter Jenkins
On Thursday 17 January five young doctors, including Dr Peter Jenkins, will compete for the coveted title of Wesleyan RSM Trainee of the Year. RSM...
Neurodiversity
The Neurodiversity category celebrates and explores the varied ways human brains can function, encompassing conditions such as autism, ADHD and other cognitive profiles. It highlights lived experience, research, support strategies and societal perspectives, while advocating for understanding, inclusion and respect. With thoughtful, informed content, this category aims to broaden appreciation of neurological differences and promote wellbeing across diverse communities.
If I Chance to Talk a Little Wild
Relational psychotherapist Jayne Haynes’s compelling, unpredictable new memoir; ‘If I Chance to Talk a Little Wild’ uses both personal and clinical experiences to explore complex...
Music on the brain – the RSM Brain Series
Last week Professor Catherine Loveday delivered a lecture at the Royal Society of Medicine’s 2018 Brain Series lecture to a packed auditorium of doctors and...
Autistica’s Discover Network
Research is slow. Research is expensive. And there’s no guarantee that it will produce anything useful. But it’s the only long-term potential solution to certain...
The secret life of Kisspeptin
Kisspeptin, known as the master regulator of reproduction, not only has a crucial role in sperm and egg production, but may also boost reproductive behaviours....
Cannabis is fuelling psychoses
New NHS figures showed there were 125,290 cannabis and spice-related hospital admissions in England from April 2013 to March 2018, including 14,888 under-20s. Consultant psychiatrist...
Christopher Exley on the Aluminium Age
Del Bigtree of Highwire interviews Prof Christopher Exley, following the 2018 11th Autoimmunity Congress held in Lisbon, Portugal. By the Aluminium Research Group - The...
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
Dame Stephanie Shirley discusses her experiences of CDD (Childhood Disintegrative Disorder). When my son Giles was about 2½ years old, it was already clear that he...
Migraine in the workplace
Migraine Awareness Week, beginning on the first Sunday in September, aims to raise awareness of the condition, highlight its impact and our vital work to...
Aluminium and multiple sclerosis
In a recent post - A role for aluminium in multiple sclerosis, we highlighted that individuals with multiple sclerosis excrete high amounts of aluminium in their...
