Hearing loss is not a minor inconvenience in someone’s life. Many patients are desperate and socially isolated by their inability to hear what is going on around them. They are people of all ages united by a common problem – permanent damage to the delicate mechanisms in their ears caused by ageing or by exposure […]
Worldwide, people are amazingly generous. Money flows in whenever there’s a disaster yet donors tend to support medical research only in fields where they have direct experience. From cancer – once so afeard it was widely referenced “The Big C” – to the rare disorders (Americans refer to orphan diseases) which affect only a handful […]
As of 31 December, at least 3,771 people had died whilst attempting the sea crossing to Europe in 2015. In 2015 over one million refugees had reached Europe across the Mediterranean, mainly to Greece and Italy. Of these, 3,735 were missing, believed drowned. In May 2015 volunteers from the medical humanitarian organisation ‘Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF), […]
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Many people do not realise that under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act (OAPC), abortion remains a criminal offence unless the criteria set out in the 1967 Abortion Act are followed. The Director of Public Prosecution’s (DPP) decision in October 2013 not to prosecute two doctors caught up in the Daily Telegraph ‘sting’ operation […]
Female Genital Mutilation (also known as cutting, closing and female circumcision) is high on the political agenda in the UK. It is a Human Rights violation and a form of abuse against women and girls. It is illegal in England and Wales as per the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. The practice comprises all procedures […]
I am an obstetrician and gynaecologist and I have practised in the NHS for many years, as well as working in the private sector. I am frankly alarmed by what is happening with the FGM safe guarding issue. I think it will prevent young women seeking medical help when they desperately need it, help to […]
If people see a dentist once a year, visit a hygienist three or four times a year, have a healthy diet without too much sugar, and take responsibility for their own oral health, they should keep their teeth for life. 80 per cent of the patients that come to my practice only need an annual […]
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AM-111 – this is an experimental drug, developed by Auris Medical for people with acute inner ear hearing loss, which is a type of sensorineural hearing loss affecting the cochlea, which is the main hearing organ in the ear. This type of hearing loss can occur suddenly, within three days, as a result of sudden […]
A maternal health emergency: Maternal mortality rates in Sierra Leone are among the five highest in the world.11 out of every 100,000 women die during childbirth in the United States. 890 women within that same population will die in Sierra Leone. 40% [1] of maternal deaths in Sierra Leone are attributed to uncontrolled bleeding after birth – a Postpartum […]
Lake Tanganyika is the most important body of water in the world that few have ever heard of. Surrounded by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Burundi, and Zambia, and holding nearly a fifth of Earth’s available fresh water and over 600 unique species, Lake Tanganyika is one of the world’s great eco-systems and also […]