Self-regulation in later life. Doctors get old too!
Now that I am reaching a certain seniority in terms of age, I am aware that there will come a time when self-regulation falters. This...
Telementoring in surgery is a global revolution
MATTU, the UK’s first International Centre of Telemedicine based at Surrey University and the Royal Surrey County Hospital, has telementoring facilities that links to hospitals...
Why I want to drop dead healthy – and I probably will
Most people know that I am a vociferous campaigner against added sugar in our diet. I have been arguing for a sugar tax to be...
Vaping – is the jury still out?
Is vaping the solution for smokers who want to quit? We know that many people have successfully used e-cigarettes to quit smoking. The Medicines and...
Liquids from e-cigarettes can be detrimental to health
“Smoking” of e-cigarettes results in the evaporation of so-called liquids, which represent solutions of certain ingredients. The liquid is heated by means of a battery-operated mechanism, which...
The Anatomy of Doubt
Why we need to start talking about doubt in medical school. In recent weeks, in the aftermath of Jeremy Hunt’s decision to force through new...
The war is over… now the battle against combat stress begins
Two major military campaigns came to an end in the last decade. In 2006, British forces pulled out of Iraq and Britain’s 13-year peacekeeping operation in...
Hearing aids are still not cool
One in six people in the UK are deaf or hard of hearing and the majority are older people who develop hearing loss as a...
Hearing loss: a major public health issue?
Hearing loss is not a minor inconvenience in someone’s life. Many patients are desperate and socially isolated by their inability to hear what is going...
Shining a light on philanthropy in medicine
Worldwide, people are amazingly generous. Money flows in whenever there’s a disaster yet donors tend to support medical research only in fields where they have...
