1) Hospital post-mortem A hospital post-mortem is usually asked for by the patient's doctor. Either to provide information about the...

As meat-eating continues to increase around the world, food scientists are focusing on ways to create healthier, better-tasting, and more...

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Stress doesn’t just happen overnight, It can be a buildup of worries and problems that then ultimately affect your mind and your body....

According to JAMA Psychiatry, it's possible to cut depression by 23% by just waking up an hour earlier. Scientists analyzed genetic,...

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is a professional membership organisation and registered charity, which exists to advance...

The royal college of nursing is the world's largest nursing union and professional body. 450,000 nurses, midwives, health care...

The Royal Society of Medicine is one of the country's major providers of postgraduate medical education. Independent and apolitical, the...

The other week we discussed some cardiac drugs and I mentions diuretics. So in this blog we are going to look at the kidneys and how...

In the news this week a study in the US has found that firm alarms with that play the voice of a child’s mother will wake the child more...

The word asthma comes from the Greek word for panting, which is often how patients present. Chronic inflammation of the airways causes...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a category of lung conditions, that is characterised by airway obstruction due to inflammation...

A bio-engineered oesophagus has been created and trailed in mice. The oesophagus is a part of the gastrointestinal tract that allows food...

In our previous blog post we mentioned some medications that are used in heart failure. These drugs are very common and are used to treat...

Congestive heart failure (CCF) is something that I’ve seen a lot in the last week in A&E. It occurs when the heart is no longer able to...

In the news this week, doctors have been given permission to give a British man with CJD a pioneering treatment. There is currently no...

Atrial fibrillation, more commonly just referred to as AF, is a condition that affects the contraction of the cardiac muscle. Patients...

After an interesting day on resus with a syndrome I’d never heard of, I thought now would be a good time to research this condition and...

We discussed last week about the NHS blood scandal, where blood transfusions were given to patients that were infected with HIV or...

In the news last week, people with severe allergic reactions to certain things were told that they can use their EpiPens past their...