Reader I am not a shrinking violet, not a wuss or a whimp. When friends seek to describe me, pusillanimous is not the first adjective they choose. For all its many faults I have a mind and I tend to speak it. So why oh why am I still frightened of doctors? […]
Following on from the recent local discussion about safety in the cosmetic surgical community in Hong Kong I have been asked to give a talk on “Cosmetic Surgery Trends and Developments” in a meeting organized by our local medical association. […]
It’s Wednesday afternoon, and I head over to the Project:London (P:L) clinic where I volunteer as a support worker. I begin my first social consultation with Prisca*, a South African woman who has been living in the UK for five years. She begins telling me her story, explaining why she has come to the clinic, when she […]
Being a teenager and being healthy are two things you hope can go hand in hand. However while your mind is tirelessly trained by the finest educators in the land, your body sits idly by, forever being stuffed full of the sugar and caffeine that keep the ever busy brain working. […]
Last week, more than 3,000 global leaders working in the field of maternal and reproductive health gathered in Washington, D.C for the Women Deliver 2010 conference. With the theme of delivering solutions for girls and women, the conference focused on sharing solutions that can help us achieve the millennium development goals on maternal and reproductive […]
“I don’t know.” Three truthful little words which we doctors don’t seem to be able to say to our patients. Why not? Have we joined our patients in believing that there is an answer to every one of their problems and concerns? That there is a diagnosis for every discomfort or unhappiness? Think DSM IV. […]
It was great to hear Shona Robison, minister for public health and sport in Scotland, suggesting that “developing datasets will enable Scotland to be the first country to develop such a rich source of data which will in turn help develop better services for patients.” The minister was speaking at the start of the musculoskeletal […]
In May Channel 4 broadcast a television advertisement for the sexual and reproductive health charity Marie Stopes. The charity says that its aim is to prevent unintended pregnancies and unwanted births. The advert, the first of its kind in the United Kingdom, has been criticised, largely by campaigners opposed to abortion. Indeed the Advertising Standards […]
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The quest for financial savings was a recurring theme at the British Renal Society/Renal Association (BRS/RA) annual conference last month, and the green nephrology programme had plenty to offer. At last year’s BRS conference, deputy ward manager Libby Critchley was one of the first people to sign up at our green nephrology stall. At that […]