Make yourself resilient to worry
No one is too beautiful and successful to be immune to worry. It doesn’t matter how many accolades you receive - you are still going to...
Beauty in a pill
The market for OTC anti-ageing 'beauty' nutritional supplements is growing but can you really expect to pop a pill and see the results in the mirror? All...
FEAST – five years on
'Back in 2011, my research team published the results of the largest trial of critically ill children ever undertaken in Africa (FEAST trial), a trial that examined...
Glucosamine for sore knees
Glucosamine is a popular supplement taken by many people to ease the pain of joint complaints including arthritis. However, the evidence that it actually works has always...
What’s the point of vitamin supplements?
Popping a vitamin pill is something we do to try and stay healthy. It is no surprise that the over-65s are around twice as likely...
An Entertaining Holiday Read for Doctors
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at the 19th century’s greatest, visionary army doctor who was hiding a secret – he was a woman dressing as...
A checklist for life
'When it comes to safety for patients in the operating theatre, it’s not always the ‘big spends’ that make the biggest difference. For instance, the...
The global cancer fightback
High-income countries (defined by the World Bank as Gross National Income in dollars per capita per year), such as the United Kingdom and the United...
Alleviating pain and suffering
My job is to help reduce the pain that comes when the body starts to wear out, both as a clinician and a scientist. In...
Hacking the 24 hour body clock
Whatever hours you keep, and how many times you cross time zones, you can't change your physiology. You are always going to be a 24-hour...
