New NHS figures showed there were 125,290 cannabis and spice-related hospital admissions in England from April 2013 to March 2018, including 14,888 under-20s. Consultant psychiatrist Dr Niall Campbell, who treats 18-year-olds and older, at Priory’s Roehampton Hospital, said 25% of paranoid psychosis cases were caused by the use of marijuana. “I am seeing an increasing […]
Since 1982, Operation Smile has provided hundreds of thousands of safe surgeries for those born with cleft conditions. Last year, we provided more than 21,000 patients with surgery and dental care, delivered over 415,000 patient interactions (including patient health screenings; operations and post-operative care; dental screenings and procedures) across 100 sites in 28 countries. However […]
Got a few minutes? Why not check your breasts? If a few minutes every month could give you a few more years in the future, would you spare the time? That’s what we’re asking this Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as we encourage women across the UK to take control of their health, and spend a […]
It’s time to act on secondary breast cancer which is the stage when breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body and sadly becomes incurable. It’s the main cause of the 11,500 deaths from the disease every year in the UK. With secondary breast cancer still taking lives on a heart-breaking scale, we need […]
Although every healthy human brain is able to perceive music, musician’s brains are more finely attuned to these tasks. Earlier this month, artist and academic, Dr Pauline Amos performed live, in Crossrail Place Roof Garden, Canary Wharf, creating a multi-sensory experience of theatre, painting and sound, in collaboration with the British period instrument Orchestra of […]
Many children are born with birthmarks on the skin, around 1-2%, called congenital melanocytic naevii which range from being very small, that do not cause a problem, to covering large proportions of the body which may need surgery. This is because they can be lumpy and unsightly, particularly if they are large and covered in […]
When not to drink grapefruit juice: Have you ever seen the contraindication on your medication – Do not take this medicine with grapefruit juice – and wondered why? Advice from Emma Hammett of First Aid for life. This is because grapefruit juice and the grapefruit itself are frequent culprits in affecting the metabolism of various […]
The European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) has undertaken a major international audit of colorectal operations to understand which are most widely used techniques across the world, which appear to be associated with the best outcomes and where further research needs to be undertaken. The cohort data is the result of a multinational collaboration of 1,448 […]
Most people will experience back pain at some point, but it never ceases to amaze me how many people come to accept a level of discomfort as part and parcel of their daily lives. Most back pain is avoidable if people have even a basic awareness of the root causes and make some simple adjustments. […]
If you are one of the estimated 250,000 people in the UK who are prescribed emergency adrenaline for life-threatening allergies, you may be feeling nervous right now. EpiPens, which are autoinjectors carried by people at risk of anaphylaxis, are in short supply. Some people who need them say they can’t get hold of them. ‘EpiPens […]