The profuse collection of information available to individuals on the Internet lays challenge to the need for International Societies. However, nothing can be further from the truth. There are enormous advantages to direct face-to-face links between clinicians with similar specialist interests, both as individuals and in groups. Listening to and questioning experts in your field […]
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Technology from the US could mean that someone could change their eyecolour permanently using a special type of laser. Dr Gregg Homer, who has a PhD in biology and is ‘an inventor rather than a medical doctor’ in his own words, is founder of the California-based company Stroma Medical that has patented the controversial technique. […]
Tiny gas bubbles could hold the key to reducing the risks associated with ultrasound guided needle biopsies, routinely used to diagnose many types of cancer, including breast cancer and prostate cancer. At the moment, in a small number of cases, the procedures can sometimes dislodge cancer cells, which may then spread to other locations around the body. This can cause […]
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Depression affects around one in seven people during the course of their lifetime and is twice as common in women than men. ‘The reasons are not entirely understood but it could be because of biological factors, social pressures or simply because women are more likely to seek help for the condition,’ says Sam Challis, spokesperson […]
Baroness Mary Warnock has contributed to public thinking and policy in many ways, most notably the moral implications of the reproductive technology, In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). In recent years she has regularly lectured on the Society of Apothecaries’ course in philosophy and ethics applied to medicine and healthcare. Here, she talks to Andrew Papanikitas MRCGP […]
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