Kleptomania
Kleptomania is a recognised mental health problem which compels people to steal trivial items. However, only one per cent of people with the condition are diagnosed. Kleptomaniacs...
Pioneering lung study in Salford
Take one city, 233,900 inhabitants, 3000 trained healthcare professionals and study facilitators and 235 million rows of data, and you have a ‘research ready city’. Salford,...
Fighting Fit: The Wartime Battle for Britain’s Health
Rebecca Wallersteiner reviews ‘Fighting Fit’ a new World War II Medical History Book, by medical historian Laura Dawes - which explores how the nation’s health...
Till death, or the nursing home, us do part?
“For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, till death us do part”. These are the promises made between a...
The thin red line and flossing
‘Without flossing, there would be much more gum disease and tooth decay. I am surprised that a recent study has reported that flossing is not...
Avoid Olympian injuries
The gruesome snapping sound of a leg bone breaking will be one of the memorable moments of the Rio Olympics - not least for the hapless...
The body’s chemical factory
The human body is host to around 1.5 kg of microbes. In fact, the number of bacterial cells in your gut far outnumber human cells. This...
You can run, but you can’t hide
The Olympic Games in Rio officially open later today yet already we have been embroiled in degrees of controversy. At the forefront is the controversy surrounding doping. We...
Europe’s oldest operating theatre
A massive leap forward in medical technology took place in the mid 20th century. The most significant change in the UK, after World War Two,...
Taking steps to better health
What does growing old mean? Too many of us seem to believe that becoming thin and frail is an unavoidable part of ageing. This is...
