Saying goodbye to paper records
The challenge of making data and personal medical information available to individual patients and clinicians in a secure timely way is one that has been...
Why more women die of bacteraemia
Scientific research is an ongoing process and one conclusion often raises more questions than it answers. Our research, published in the journal of Clinical Microbiology...
Orphans of brain cancer
Thirty years ago, being diagnosed with breast cancer was seen by many as a death sentence. Look how far we have come since then. According...
Looking for lung cancer
Lung cancer has very few symptoms at early stage and many people dismiss it as a possibility. We know that 37 per cent of lung...
Lovely and Juicing
Whether you are a health aficionado or just keen to get 'bikini ready' for summer, you may have already decided to swap solid food for a...
Cutting out fertility myths
Women who have had their appendixes removed are actually more likely to conceive a child afterwards, rather than less. This is what our latest large-scale...
Re-dos and the conveyor belt
As a specialist in cosmetic surgery around the eyes and the upper part of the face, I am asked to do a worryingly high number...
Baggy clues to malnutrition
Around three million people in the UK are affected by malnutrition and one in three adults who are admitted to hospital are malnourished. Health professionals...
Mental health behind bars
Many people in prison suffer from mental illness and the Prison Service in the UK has under its care one of the most vulnerable and...
What’s so super about avocados?
The avocado rose, delicious served on toast with a screw of black pepper and lemon juice, is the latest and prettiest way to eat one the...
