Almost exactly one year ago, there was a little known breakthrough that quietly started to change everything for people with HIV. The findings from the landmark PARTNER Study were published last July. Out of 58,000 instances of condomless sex in heterosexual and MSM couples recorded in the study; where one partner was HIV positive and […]
Joann Elmore discusses how being diagnosed with suspected melanoma altered the focus of her research […]
A report on remuneration by The Doctors’ and Dentists’ review body (DDRB) discussed the changing needs of the younger workforce, often referred to as “Generation Y.” These are trainees and junior consultants aged between about 23-37 years. The DDRB discusses some of the supposed characteristics of “Generation Y” which are taken from a PricewaterhouseCoopers report. The report says […]
It is not clear what we mean by resuscitation, says Martin Brunet. […]
The Lithuanian Cancer Patient Coalition recently organised a series of lectures in the two largest University Hospitals located at Vilnius and Kaunas. Enthusiastic patients and medical staff were eager to hear about the latest research highlighting the links between a healthy lifestyle and a reduced incidence, progression and relapse of cancer and other chronic diseases. 1, […]
I am a GP working in the west London area. My clinic is less than 800 metres from Grenfell Tower and several of our patients were residents there. Wednesday was a tragic day for many and a very atypical day in our surgery. We spent it trying to compile a list of our patients who […]
A consultant anaesthetist reflects on what he has learnt from treating patients from Grenfell Tower […]
Morale largely depends on care in first 36 hours: rest centres, facilities for children, information, healthcare, and food […]
In 2005 7579 people in England entered drug treatment for problems related to cannabis; by 2014 this had risen to 11 821. It is likely that this rise has continued over the past two years, but a change to the method of reporting in this period (which saw presentations where cannabis wasn’t the primary drug […]
Technological innovations are rapidly being introduced into healthcare, with the aim of improving patients’ health and promoting self-management. Examples include the development of new ambulatory technologies that can assist patients in achieving safer mobility, and devices that can provide online feedback to patients so they can better manage specific symptoms of their disease. Some of […]