Protect yourself from heart disease
There are certain things that you can’t help, that increase your risk of getting heart disease. These are: Getting older: All the tissues of the body are...
Holiday hair repair
Dry frazzled hair is par for the course after the long summer holidays, and multiple dousing with chlorine and salt water can leave hair coarse, and...
Circulation: the gender divide
It's a common phenomenon; a man complains he’s feeling too hot and throws off the duvet while his female partner burrows under it and wishes she...
Handing (Back) Over the Pen
Handing (Back) Over the Pen: Afghan Women's Experiences of Gender Based Violence (GBV) Violence and trauma refer to experiences, rather than inherent pathological processes, which...
The wind of change in beauty
I welcome the recent announcement that new Government legislation will ensure that cosmetic surgery clinics offering high-risk operations will be rated publicly online by the...
Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond
Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond at the Wellcome Collection Rebecca Wallersteiner explores ‘Bedlam’ and the rise and fall of the asylum, a new exhibition opening...
Scan or Scam?
Today in any large city in the UK, you can walk into a clinic and book yourself in for a total body CT scan – without...
Vlog: Search and rescue in the Mediterranean
Ed Taylor is working on board the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run by SOS Mediterranee in partnership with MSF. Read more about...
The Libido roller coaster
Libido is the background drive to our sexuality. It is complex - dictated by many factors including levels of sex hormones, environment and the brain. So it...
The feminisation of males
An increasing number of baby boys in the UK are being born with genital disorders. One in 350 male babies have a condition known as hypospadias. Instead...
