Brexit and the future of UK medical research
We are now living in a post-Brexit world. On the 23rd June 2016, we as a nation decided to leave the European Union and navigate...
Caught in the blues
Antidepressant prescribing rates have increased year on year over the past 25 years with now more than 60 million prescriptions for the medication being issued...
Making a good impression
How would you respond to an interview request from the BBC Radio Four flagship breakfast programme Today – especially if it concerned a potentially contentious...
Sole clues to arthritis
Our research at Imperial College, London, seeks to answer the question: How can we identify early signs of osteoarthritis before noticeable symptoms occur? If we can do...
What medics learn from climbing mountains | Sundeep Dhillon | TEDxLondon
What do Mount Everest and an intensive care ward have in common? Sundeep Dhillon reveals what the medical profession can learn about the human body...
Taking heart about breathlessness
When a patient comes to see me complaining of unexplained breathlessness, different possibilities immediately go through my mind. The first thing to rule out is...
Youthful voices in mental health
The Youth Health Parliament is a group of young professionals who have been selected to debate and formulate new ideas within 5 health related categories....
Can we win the war on bacteria?
“The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops. Then there is the danger that the ignorant man may easily...
Bs for later babies
Mums are choosing to have their babies later in life. As a GP, I see a growing number of women in their 30s and 40s who...
Brief Psychotic Disorder
This is a form of psychosis, triggered by a traumatic event or stressor, that lasts a short time only. Brief psychotic disorder is classed as an illness lasting...
