Earlier this year, a General Medical Council conference debated nationalassessments to ensure consistency in standards between medical schools. KatieFletcher argues against this .
Having recently completed my final examinations, I feel thoroughly a…
Although the concept of a Polypill (proposed in 2003) is exciting in terms of reducing risk of cardiovascular disease, the potential costs and adverse effects are its main pitfalls. Last December a paper in the BMJ investigated the concept of a tastie…
An Electronic Medical Record is a secured electronic file of patient history, medical transcription notes, billing information, and all other information necessary to have a complete patient profile. It is true that the electronic medical record is in…
Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is an uncommon form of cancer, usually associated with prolonged exposure to asbestos, which affects the pleura, a sac which surrounds the lungs, the peritoneum, the lining of the abdominal cavity, or the pericardium, a sa…
A durable new drug that prevents HIV from entering human cells and causes almost no side effects has been developed by a team of researchers at Kumamoto University.
The new drug, code named AK602, was reported by the research team’s leader, Hiroak…
This was aired on BBC One today at 7.30 pm.
This is how the tv listings described the programme:
Richard Hammond eats takeaways at least twice a week. The average family willeat up to 10,000 of them over a lifetime. But what exactly is in our favouri…