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River blindness – a story of hope!
A remarkable success story in the making
I find many things slightly odd in reactions to health progress. Whilst whizzy new diagnostic and therapeutic avenues...
Music as medicine
Why does music have an effect on our perception of pain and help us to overcome the functional restrictions imposed by pain?
We recently described...
Revenge of the deep-frozen viruses
It’s been the plot of many too many films and science fiction stories: the ‘thing’ from the frozen wastes returns to life! (See, for...
Hopes for hearing loss
“Pardon, doctor?”
“I said that hearing loss is part of growing old and there’s nothing we can do about it”
Perhaps this dialogue won’t be necessary...
How can the NHS prevent the tidal wave of diabetes?
In the UK, more than 3.2 million live with diabetes, up from 2.1 million in 2005. The majority (90%) have type-2 diabetes, which is...
You need to know this before you talk about diets
There’s nothing quite like diets to get people arguing. Calorie controlled, low-fat, Atkins, glycaemic index ... they all bring out the worst in bigotry...
That Gut feeling: gut microbiota influence brain wiring
While we all know how our moods can affect gastrointestinal activity, recent evidence shows that changes in the gastrointestinal activity can also affect brain...
4 reasons to have music in your operating theatre
Music can help to reduce the pain of a surgical procedure and post-operation recovery according to a recent review of relevant randomised controlled trials.
Jenny...
Stroke outcome: every second counts
A stroke is a serious, life-threatening medical condition that occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off by either...
Personalised Microbial Health
In May 2015, a molecular microbiology study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1). This study showed that gut...
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