Accolades and birthdays for our directors: The month of May has been an eventful and exciting time for our founding directors at The Hippocratic Post with celebrations of achievement and birthday mentions. Thea Jourdan, our editorial director and co-founder of The Hippocratic Post, was recently honoured to receive The Master’s Medal for distinguished service to […]
Obesity increases risk of mental disorders: People suffering from obesity are at a significantly greater risk of also developing mental disorders. This applies to all age groups, whereby women are more at risk than men for most diseases, as a recent study by the Medical University of Vienna and the Complexity Science Hub Vienna shows. […]
New study reveals way to predict side-effect risk from common immune suppressant medication: A major new study has found a method to identify people who may experience blood, kidney, or liver related side-effects from methotrexate, the most commonly used immune-suppressing medicine with 1.3 million users in the UK. The method, known as ‘risk stratification’, predicts […]
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Can stress impact sexual performance? Stress is a common experience that affects many aspects of our lives. One area that can be impacted by stress is sexual function. Stress can affect sexual desire, arousal, and performance, leading to difficulties in sexual relationships. In this blog, we will explore the relationship between stress and sexual function […]
The dangers of swallowing things: While some objects swallowed can pass straight through there are many occasions where this does not happen, and the results can be life-changing or fatal. Babies and young children tend to put everything into their mouths. For them, it is an additional sense and part of their development. However, this […]
First aid skills all parents should know: Making sure your child is safe can feel like a full-time job but with a few essential first aid skills it can soon feel more manageable. In this article we will outline five first aid emergencies that may affect your child and how to respond as parents. So […]
A new generation of wirelessly-powered, environmentally-friendly ‘smart bandages’ could help patients with non-healing wounds avoid infections, scientists say. The bandage could help improve the quality of life of people who live with chronic non-healing wounds, which currently frequently require painful cleaning and treatment. Non-healing wounds can be a side effect of certain medications or health […]
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The results of a multi-site clinical study analysing the performance of PDMonitor, a pioneering Parkinson’s Disease monitoring device from PD Neurotechnology that uses wearables and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to track and assess symptoms, have been published in Frontiers in Neurology, a leading peer-reviewed clinical neurology journal. The study compared PDMonitor’s automated assessments of Parkinson’s patients […]
Dreams are mysterious and analysing them to find out their meaning can be confusing. One of the most popular theories as to why people dream is that the brain is trying to sort through the events of the day while other theories state that dreams can serve as a rehearsal of future events. Sleep experts […]
Birth Injuries – Common Causes, Prevention, and Compensation Options: According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control), 7 out of 1000 babies in the US suffer from birth injuries. And while some of these injuries have a genetic factor, there are cases when the injury occurred due to medical negligence. For instance, fractured collar bones […]