What’s the point of vitamin supplements?
Popping a vitamin pill is something we do to try and stay healthy. It is no surprise that the over-65s…
Diabetes
Hacking the 24 hour body clock
Whatever hours you keep, and how many times you cross time zones, you can't change your physiology. You are always…
Fighting Fit: The Wartime Battle for Britain’s Health
Rebecca Wallersteiner reviews ‘Fighting Fit’ a new World War II Medical History Book, by medical historian Laura Dawes - which…
Lovely and Juicing
Whether you are a health aficionado or just keen to get 'bikini ready' for summer, you may have already decided to…
Breathing space
Diagnosing and managing the causes of breathlessness is a vital part of helping people to lead longer and healthier lives.…
Anyone for strawberries?
As well as being sweet and juicy, the world’s most popular berry is said to do wonders for your health. Traditionally,…
How can mobile technology contribute to the improvement of health in Africa?
At the start of my internship, a 16-year-old girl was brought into the emergency room; she was in a coma.…
Open access for asthmatics
Asthma patients from surgeries who have good access to primary care, such as in their GP surgery, are less likely…
Save the NHS
A Father’s Day curry at home in muggy Derbyshire afforded me yet again the opportunity to attempt to field answers…
Tresiba® demonstrated significantly lower rates of overall, nocturnal and severe hypoglycaemia vs insulin glargine U-100
New Orleans, US, 11 June 2016 – New findings from the two phase 3b SWITCH trials showed that treatment with…