WHO estimates that in 2010 there were 285 million people visually impaired, of which 39 million were blind This new research will enable the creation of new, better, treatments against a number of sight-threatening diseases The team’s research may also help to devise new strategies to mend hearts after a heart attack. Researchers from Queen’s University […]
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The use of NAO Robots with patients was trialed at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. The idea was to assess whether these robots could help combat the social isolation experienced by many inpatients in hospital wards. The results were varied and very moving… This project was conceived and originated by Dr. Marcela P. Vizcaychipi and […]
My job is to help reduce the pain that comes when the body starts to wear out, both as a clinician and a scientist. In November last year, we started the first human trials in the world of a new sort of hip replacement designed for active women. In the past, hip replacements have tended […]
As someone who has watched a close relative go through the experience of receiving chemotherapy, it is not something that I would ever wish upon any human being. The hypothesis for chemotherapy is simple. Cancer cells grow faster than normal somatic cells and thus if we inject poison into the body that damages cells, the […]
“Our team of scientists at Imperial College, London have developed a robotic rectum to help doctors and nurses detect prostate cancer. A rectal examination is often the first test a doctor or nurse uses to recognise a problem prostate. This determines whether they send a patient for further tests. The walnut-size gland sits below a man’s bladder, and […]
As a physician who started out in geriatrics, I did not expect to end up researching and developing medicine for mothers and newborns. But as many of you reading this blog will know all too well, medicine is a career that can take you in unusual and unpredictable directions. When, as a junior doctor, I […]
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The liver, which is the largest organ in the body, has a variety of important functions. As the main organ controlling human metabolism it is tasked with regulating levels of glucose, amino acids and lipids, while storing glycogen and producing bile acids. It myriad array of functions includes chemical modification of complex chemicals that can […]
There is no doubt the medical world is constantly changing, and the use of technology is both increasing, and helping a beleaguered national health service. But it is important to remember that the heart of the NHS is care of patients, and the new innovations are not necessarily a benefit for everyone. Telemedicine is an […]
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