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...
Refugee Crisis – At Sea in a Floating Coffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QrD6UTz_8w&feature=youtu.be As of 31 December, at least 3,771 people had died whilst attempting the sea crossing to Europe in 2015. In 2015 over one million refugees...
The case for decriminalising abortion
Many people do not realise that under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act (OAPC), abortion remains a criminal offence unless the criteria set out...
FGM – why mandatory reporting is necessary
Female Genital Mutilation (also known as cutting, closing and female circumcision) is high on the political agenda in the UK. It is a Human Rights...
FGM – Don’t scapegoat the medics
I am an obstetrician and gynaecologist and I have practised in the NHS for many years, as well as working in the private sector. I...
Why is the UK a Third World when it comes to Dentistry?
If people see a dentist once a year, visit a hygienist three or four times a year, have a healthy diet without too much sugar,...
Drugs to prevent hearing loss
AM-111 - this is an experimental drug, developed by Auris Medical for people with acute inner ear hearing loss, which is a type of sensorineural...
A maternal health emergency in Sierra Leone
A maternal health emergency: Maternal mortality rates in Sierra Leone are among the five highest in the world.11 out of every 100,000 women die during childbirth...
The Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
Lake Tanganyika is the most important body of water in the world that few have ever heard of. Surrounded by the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
