Royal Society of Medicine prizes
Winning medical prizes, bursaries or awards can bring great benefits to doctors starting out on their careers. As well achieving recognition for the quality of...
Whitstable Oyster Festival
This weekend, July 22—24th, Whitstable celebrates its famous oysters with the Whitstable Oyster Festival, this year held on Tankerton Slopes. The town’s famous oyster beds...
Electric age not to blame for sleep deprivation
Electricity and our brightly lit modern world is not to blame for the rising tide of sleep deprivation, according to a new study published in...
July is Group B Strep awareness month
What you really need to know about group B Strep from Group B Strep Support. #GBSaware
Acupuncture for advanced cancer patients
Up to 70 per cent of patients with advanced stage cancer suffer from pain for which they receive inadequate pain relief. This can lead to...
Girls exposed to smoke in womb more likely to have a miscarriage
Women exposed to cigarette smoke while in their mothers’ wombs are more likely to experience miscarriage as adults, according to new research from the University...
Bio-detection dogs
Bio-Detection Dog Kiwi searches for prostate cancer. She is one of the amazing dogs from Medical Detection Dogs.
Professor Sir Simon Wessely becomes President of the Royal Society of Medicine
Professor Sir Simon Wessely will today, Tuesday 18 July, be inaugurated as President of the Royal Society of Medicine(RSM). Regius Professor of Psychiatry at King’s College London, Sir Simon is...
Charlie Gard and his clinical ethicist
In the High Court hearing in the case of Charlie Gard, held on Friday 14th July 2017, the judge ordered a clinical ethicist to chair...
Calming immune cells
Scientists have found a way to calm immune cells, reducing inflammation which can lead to diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and sepsis. In a study published...
