The cost of diabetes hits 825 billion dollars a year
The cost of diabetes hits 825 billion dollars a year, according to new study, according to a team of scientists from Imperial College, London, in collaboration...
So what’s your next move?
It’s funny how you go through life and at each new stage you look forward to telling friends/relatives/random people on the street what wonderful plans...
Liver on a Chip
The liver, which is the largest organ in the body, has a variety of important functions. As the main organ controlling human metabolism it is...
Now is the moment to step up the fight against malaria
Growing up in Kenya, I was one of the lucky ones. Despite falling prey to malaria about once a year – feeling sick as a...
To Carry on Regardless?
I don't love my job as a "Junior Doctor"; indeed there are ever diminishing moments I love but there are parts of it I would...
Why we need consumer guides for complementary and alternative medicine
The Which? Guide to Complementary Medicine, which I wrote, was published in 1997. In the same year, Dorling Kindersley brought out the Encyclopedia of Complementary...
Walk Smarter – Living With Parkinson’s
Being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease was the beginning, not the end, for John. His struggle with PD inspired him and others to raise awareness of...
Public paying the price for government failure on prevention
The British Dental Association (BDA) has backed warnings from the Local Government Association (LGA), as it revealed new figures showing a 66 per cent increase...
Please mind the Gap
Seven years ago I made a decision that would change my life. After growing up in the city, completing medical school in the city, and...
Ebola – hiding in eyeballs
Samantha Roper, 30, is training to be a paediatrician in London. For the last two years, she has also been working in Africa on humanitarian missions for...
