Opioid addiction fuelled by painkillers
Opioid addiction, fuelled by OTC medication and prescription pain killers, has reached epidemic proportions in the US but is becoming a growing problem in the...
Easter egg choking hazards
The countdown to the fun of the annual Easter egg hunt has begun and children across the country are getting ready for the excitement of...
Let’s focus on autism
I am proud of having initiated Britain’s National Autism Project (NAP). This started in late 2014, reported in 2017 and has just moved into its...
The ritual meal of Passover
Roughly coinciding with Easter, Jewish Passover (which this year falls between 30th March to 7th April), commemorates the Israelites exodus from slavery in Egypt. To...
My favorite birth
Kirsti is a midwife from the USA. She is currently working for MSF / Doctors Without Borders in South Sudan, where she's helping to ensure...
Aluminium and autism: what next?
Publication of our recent research on aluminium and autism has prompted myriad questions not least of which being ‘what next?’ Before attempting an answer, it...
The Autistic Mind
Edinburgh University’s Patrick Wild Centre was opened in 2010 by Alfred Wild who had watched his parents care for his autistic brother and determined to...
Don’t cut vitamin D doses
NHS cuts to prescriptions of vitamin D maintenance doses would hit high risk groups, warns National Osteoporosis Society. People needing vitamin D to maintain strong...
Nurses have needs too
Nurses often sacrifice their own needs to care for others, and this is right and good and expected. Nursing is a profession of selflessness where...
Malaria and climate change
Climate itself is a basic determinant of the distribution of malaria in the world. As the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains,...
