THERE’S no doubt we’re a generation that’s increasingly becoming selfie-obsessed. What’s the impact of selfies on the general perception of beauty, and in turn on plastic surgery? Figures from America suggest up to 42% of surgeons see patients who wish to undergo procedures to make themselves look better on Instagram, Snapchat, and in selfies. The […]
Magic mushrooms may ease depression by ‘resetting’ the activity of key brain circuits of patients where conventional treatments have failed. That’s the key finding of a study by researchers from Imperial College London who used psilocybin – the psychoactive compound that occurs naturally in magic mushrooms – to treat a small number of patients with […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at a new exhibition – ‘Blood: Life Uncut’ revealing the essential, expressive and visceral nature of blood at the Science Gallery, London from 12th October. “Blood is the thing that unites us, that allows any blood donor to save the life of another human. But it can also transmit infection […]
Watch this short video on the birth of the NHS: Your Very Good Health – 1948 – Charlie Dean Archives […]
The healthcare infrastructure in Mosul (Iraq’s 2nd largest city) was completely destroyed by ISIS and as the city had been held under siege for over three years, hundreds of thousands of civilians had suffered immensely. From the day of arriving at the trauma field hospital, I was working within a dynamic team providing trauma care […]
Stealing from the body is how cancer recharges its batteries, according to research published in the journal, Blood. Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA), funded by the Rosetrees Trust and The Big C Charity, found that healthy bone marrow stromal cells were made to transfer their power-generating mitochondria to neighbouring cancer cells, effectively […]
Compassion fatigue is what happens when you see the same terrible suffering day after day. When I was reporting on the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, talking about the people who drowned on the treacherous crossing, people would say ‘I’ve heard all that before.’ But it was a different story and different victims. There were […]
Fadumo Omar Mohamed joined Médecins Sans Frontières in 2013 as a Mental Health Activity Manager. Her latest assignment took her to Zimbabwe. This blog explains MSF’s mental health project in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare. ‘As human beings we must be aware that without a “healthy mind” we have no health at all. Almost […]
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Over the last 40 years, there has been a tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity, according to a new study by Imperial College London and the World Health Organisation. By 2022, there will be more obese children and adolescents alive than those underweight. The news comes as we mark World Obesity Day, 11th October. […]
Obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and cancer. But what is the distinction between being overweight and being obese? And how does a person become obese? Mia Nacamulli explores obesity. Transcript The most basic function of bodily fat is self-storage […]