Major European funded study to investigate nature of pregnancy
Every single human is the product of a pregnancy, yet pregnancy has not been a traditional focus in philosophy. My study will investigate important, but...
NHS Doctor Treats Syria’s War Wounded
Caroline, a British doctor from Bristol, UK, vlogs from Zataari, Jordan - one of the world's largest refugee camps. Here they treat people injured during...
When depression drugs stop working
For all sorts of reasons, people who have been taking medication for depression (or related conditions including anxiety and OCD) for many years may find...
Why Hippocrates would welcome The Hippocratic Post
The mesmeric impact of an ancient Greek doctor on many hundreds of years of medicine is one of the more remarkable artefacts of the history...
Shift work and chaotic eating
What happens when we stop eating three meals a day? Shift work has been linked to a myriad of health problems. Compared to individuals who work normal...
How can pharmacists fight antibiotic resistance?
Antibiotic resistance occurs when medicines are no longer effective in treating bacterial infections. This is potentially catastrophic, as much of modern medicine would become impossible...
The coming of age of erotic plasticity
When I first met Jenny, she was a very angry woman. She had just discovered that her partner of five years was living a double...
Lower GDP means poorer surgical outcomes
Results of our new research, a collaboration between our team of scientists at the Universities of Sheffield, Birmingham and Edinburgh, has shown that patients undergoing...
Empathy is crucial in medicine
It does concern me when I see a nurse brushing off a patient or ignoring little signs of distress. It doesn’t happen often, but compassion...
An emotional neurosurgeon anyone?
A few years ago, as I was attending a medical dinner in London with 500 or more senior medical colleagues, I was disturbed that the guest...
