With drinking habits changed for thousands of people under lockdown, there are warnings of more excessive alcohol consumption when pubs reopen on July 4 Regular sustained alcohol consumption at home could now be joined by ‘binge drinking’ A Priory expert says habits entrenched during the height of the pandemic, and its aftermath, mean it “is […]
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Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic according to newly published UN Report. COVID-19 is just one example of the rising trend of diseases – from Ebola to MERS to West Nile and Rift Valley fevers – caused by viruses that have jumped from animal hosts into the human population. A […]
COVID-19 Series: Cardiac and cardiovascular issues – Episode 28 Hypertension and pre-existing cardiac conditions are risk factors for higher morbidity from COVID-19. The reasons for this are not entirely clear, but there are theoretical risks that the inflammatory cascade could predispose towards rupture of atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries and aggravate arrhythmias. This webinar will […]
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Post lockdown art exhibitions – Rebecca Wallersteiner who has interviewed two very different artists for The Hippocratic Post on the new art they have created during lockdown. Their exhibitions launched this week and are open until well into August. Artists are emerging from lockdown – with two exciting, new exhibitions opening in London this week, […]
A study of COVID-19 in the quarantined Italian town of Vò, where most of the population was tested, reveals the importance of asymptomatic cases. The authors of the new research, from the University of Padova and at Imperial College London, published today in Nature, suggest asymptomatic or pre -symptomatic people are an important factor in […]
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Thursday 2 July, 12.30 to 1.00pm – The Royal Society of Medicine presents the next webinar in the COVID-19 Series: Impact on older population – Episode 27 Register to join Episode 27 ‘Impact on older population’ on Zoom here. In this episode of the COVID-19 Series, we will be looking at the impact of coronavirus on […]
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Men in England & Wales miss out on abiraterone as first-line treatment for advanced prostate cancer: The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has expressed disappointment at the decision by NICE not to recommend abiraterone as a first-line treatment on the NHS for newly diagnosed, advanced prostate cancer. The decision puts the NHS in England and Wales out […]
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Medical tools using photonics developed quicker thanks to new EU Pilot Line. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the need to quickly develop diagnostic equipment in the face of a novel threat. Thanks to a dedicated medical pilot production line that gives easy access to prototyping, new medical tools that use photonics to detect major diseases […]
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Urgent action needed on BAME workforce risk assessments: According to a new survey from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and the UK Black Pharmacists Association (UKBPA), more than two-thirds of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) pharmacists working in primary care and hospitals still have not yet had potentially lifesaving COVID-19 workplace risk assessments months […]
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Initial survey findings show the long road to recovery for people who have faced COVID at home without going into hospital. “We have been totally abandoned” people left struggling for weeks as they recover from COVID at home. New survey findings[1] show that people recovering from mild-moderate COVID[2] are struggling for weeks with symptoms, raising concerns that […]
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