What do Mount Everest and an intensive care ward have in common? Sundeep Dhillon reveals what the medical profession can learn about the human body by studying the effects of extremely high altitudes. […]
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When a patient comes to see me complaining of unexplained breathlessness, different possibilities immediately go through my mind. The first thing to rule out is lung disease, like asthma, COPD or lung cancer. Early lung cancer symptoms are often mild and can be mistaken for bronchitis or ‘smokers cough’ but later stage disease often presents […]
The Youth Health Parliament is a group of young professionals who have been selected to debate and formulate new ideas within 5 health related categories. The mental health subgroup is known as the Mental Wealth Initiative. We are a group of 7 individuals from a variety of professional backgrounds who first met in March 2016. […]
“The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops. Then there is the danger that the ignorant man may easily under-dose himself, and by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug, make them resistant “ Alexander Fleming We are now at the risk of entering a dark period […]
Mums are choosing to have their babies later in life. As a GP, I see a growing number of women in their 30s and 40s who are expecting their first child, or hoping to have a child of their own. Many are professional women who have put their careers first but are now ready to start a family. Of […]
This is a form of psychosis, triggered by a traumatic event or stressor, that lasts a short time only. Brief psychotic disorder is classed as an illness lasting from 1 day to 1 month, with an eventual return to normal level of functioning. People suffering with the condition are more at risk of harming themselves or others. It tends to […]
Zero-calorie drinks are popular alternatives to the sweet varieties but zero-calorie foods are still some way off. Yes, there are almost calorie free foods, including celery, which contains about 6 calories per stem and cucumber which has about 40 calories, but the idea of tucking into a zero calorie burger with no-cal fries on the side is stuff of […]
Pre-planning is vital if you want to work abroad as a medic in a humanitarian role. You can just pick up sticks and go but it is far better to plan 18 months to two years in advance and know what you want to do and what you want to achieve – whether that is […]
Allergic disease accounts for 10 per cent of the GP prescribing budget and the incidence of asthma has reached epidemic proportions. So what lies behind the epidemic? Allergies do tend to run in families, but this cannot be the explanation for why there has been such a huge surge in the number of sufferers. Doctors now believe that our environment, […]
People with severe asthma can benefit from a procedure called bronchial thermoplasty which uses blasts of heat to cut asthma attacks by a third. Around five million people in the UK suffer from asthma and half a million sufferers have severe asthma which cannot be controlled by drugs. 1000 people have fatal asthma attacks each year. The new treatment […]