Tonight around the world Scottish people will celebrate Burns Night by dining on traditional fare – haggis. Burns night commemorates the life of the poet Robert Burns, who was born on January 25th 1759. Although his best known work is Auld Lang Syne, Burns also had space in his heart for the bulbous haggis. Indeed he […]
One of the reasons I believe that diets ultimately fail, is that we usually start them in a negative frame of mind – because we feel bad about the way we look or feel. What’s more, for the majority of us who have been on repeated diets, it is difficult not to feel that this […]
Could lipid ibuprofen be a first-line OTC option for flaring joint pain? Joint pain is a common problem with many possible causes. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease in the UK, causing joint pain and stiffness. The knee joint is probably the most frequently affected. As well as joint damage, muscle weakness is a key […]
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People affected by fatal snakebites in sub-Saharan Africa are in desperate need of affordable, quality antivenoms. Snakebite envenoming permanently disables hundreds of thousands of people and kills more than 100,000 each year all across the globe – more than any other World Health Organization (WHO)-designated neglected tropical disease – even though highly effective treatments exist. […]
This video shows you how to help if your dog is choking. Empower yourself with the skills and confidence to keep your pet safe and know how to help if they have an accident. First Aid for Pets and onlinefirstaid.com have a variety of brilliant courses and materials to show you how to save your […]
Around 5 million UK women are invited to cervical screening each year, yet one in four do not attend to have smear tests. Regular cervical screening can reduce the risk of this largely preventable disease. However, research carried out by Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust has revealed that body shame is responsible for many young women […]
Research recently published in The Journal of Physiology has found that elderly people walk at a slower speed and tire more quickly because of loss of strength and mass in leg muscles. Using computer simulations they found that these physiological changes explain the slower walking speed preferred by the elderly, and that a focus on […]
In London we have seen in A&E centres a 30% increase in penetrating violent trauma and 75% increase in firearms related injury in the last 12 months. Many urban communities in the UK have suffered repeated physical and psychological trauma from a crescendo of societal violence. For many of our most vulnerable children, emotional, physical […]
Some of the most terrible facial injuries I have ever had to deal with have been due to domestic violence. What starts with a slap and an apology can quickly escalate until a woman is regularly being injured, sometimes at risk to her life. I’ll never forget one woman who was brought into theatre with […]
His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge was admitted as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine during a ceremony at the Society on Wednesday 17 January. The Honorary Fellowship was presented to The Duke by Professor Sir Simon Wessely, President of the RSM and Mr Babulal Sethia, Immediate Past President, and was […]
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