Stem cell donation
The first treatment for all types of leukaemia is usually chemotherapy, a powerful drug treatment that kills the cancerous cells in the blood. Treatment can...
Why being a sex and relationship therapist is like being a detective
“In my 25 years as a sex and relationship therapist, I‘ve really seen it all. When people ask me what my job is like, I...
After the exams are over
It was little over two weeks past that I found myself in Sackville Park in the centre of Manchester next to the statue of Alan Turing...
Go nuts for allergies
Peanut allergy affects around one in 30 children (that's one child in each school class). We think that the rates of peanut allergy have probably stabilised -...
Sugar tax is a cheap gimmick
The obesity crisis has now become so severe that it is causing misery, ill health and using up huge amounts of NHS resources. I expect...
Dear Doctor’s Diary: Work Made Me Cry
SHO medic Omar Hafeez-Bore is director/producer and founder of Short Sharp Productions. His honest, chatty one-minute films capture the thoughts and opinions of young UK...
Anyone for tennis?
The tennis season is in full swing and Wimbledon fortnight has started. Tennis-related injuries now start to appear in our clinics as people pick up...
Fear and taboo linked to widespread loneliness in Britain
The majority of British people have experienced loneliness and also know someone who is lonely, according to new research. In a survey, 84 per cent...
Monitoring food security data through mobile technology
In rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Africa’s second largest country with vast fertile lands and thousands of lakes, rivers and streams,...
The Post-Antibiotic Era
Increasing antibiotic resistance is a global health emergency. According to the World Health Organisation, without urgent, coordinated action, the world is heading towards a 'post-antibiotic...
