Faith healers and better mental health
Over time, society and medicine have progressed, pushing tradition, ritual, superstition, and religion aside in favour of more evidence-based practices. Blood transfusions replaced leeches and daily...
Fathers who play have brighter babies
Fathers who interact more with their children in their first few months of life could have a positive impact on their baby’s cognitive development. In...
Planning end of life care
There is little doubt that end of life care is important to everyone. People generally recognise that both they themselves, and those around them, may...
Keeping young
My first trusteeship was back in 1987 for what is now Age UK. The charity now includes more than 150 local Age UKs throughout England...
Self-monitoring to reduce risk of AF-related stroke
AF or ‘atrial fibrillation’ is the most common heart rhythm disorder, and is a leading cause of AF-related stroke. AF is responsible for 20 per...
How can we halt the rise of youth depression & suicide?
Watch a series of videos by the One Young World Ambassadors on the subject of Mental Health. The Health Plenary Session at the 2016 One...
Swiss move to ban aluminium in antiperspirants
The Swiss are worried about the role that antiperspirants, and specifically aluminium salts in antiperspirants, may play in breast cancer, and they have taken steps...
Challenging diagnosis of IBS
Doctors often find it challenging to make a positive diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), which affects at least one in five people at some...
Baker’s yeast makes penicillin
Why is it important that, for the very first time, we have reengineered Baker's yeast to manufacture penicillin? Our team at Imperial College, London, inserted...
Cats at risk of skin cancer
Ahead of Sun Awareness Week (May 8-14), the UK’s largest cat charity has issued advice to owners to keep cats indoors during very sunny weather....
