Saliha is a patient at MSF’s women’s health clinic in Kamrangirchar, a densely populated slum in the south of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. She has survived abuse first from her father and then from her husband. She is, in some ways, typical of the women who come to the clinic. “Before, I had no […]
Urine is one of the most common diagnostic specimens. However there is a high rate of contamination in collecting urine samples, rendering them useless. A Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is a bacterial infection of the urinary tract, most commonly the bladder, but occasionally the kidneys, (also known as pyelonephritis). UTI’s are treated with pain relief […]
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Good nutrition is vital if we want to maintain our health but it matters even more if we are recovering from illness. After cancer treatment, the mind and body are often at a low ebb and balanced targeted nutrition can optimise recovery. From the outset, it is important to focus on the gut and the […]
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The White House goes pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month by Fox News […]
Getting up after a fall is a skill which can mean an elderly person gets help faster and minimises complications such as pressure sores and hypothermia. More than 500,000 people aged over 65 years of age attend accident and emergency departments every year as the result of accidents at home – the majority of these […]
While the medical community searches for a reliable biological marker or a clinical test which could define Overactive Bladder Syndrome (or OAB), it is safe to assume that it is exactly what the name suggests, and it causes significant inconvenience, to say the least. Imagine embarking on a journey by public transport involving changes of […]
Should bigger babies be delivered early? A baby larger than predicted by a mother’s size can cause complications at birth. One of the major problems is difficulty with delivering the shoulders after the head has come out. To answer that question, a nationwide study of 4,000 pregnant women, ‘The Big Baby trial’, is to determine […]
All around the country – in health centres, schools and even old phone boxes – public access defibrillators are being installed to help people treat cardiac arrest. But would you be brave enough to actually use one in a real-life emergency? According to a study led the University of Warwick, many people are reluctant to […]
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Twelve years ago, the first Heart Rhythm Congress took place at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham with an invited audience of 850. I am delighted to say that this year, our annual symposium is bigger and better than ever. Due to take place at the ICC in Birmingham between 1-4 October, it will welcome […]
It’s important to take a combination of vitamins to keep you feeling good this Winter and to help prevent unwanted coughs and colds. Vitamin D From October until early March we don’t get any Vitamin D from sunlight. The vitamin is made by our body under the skin in reaction to sunlight, so it’s important […]