Posts Tagged ‘Medical matters’
Refugee wins by asking for a mentor – A
Matthew Foster, head of the international office at the Royal College of Physicians, offered to help an Afghan doctor who had come to the UK as a refugee. This article describes what happened next.
Read MoreMalnutrition programmes
John Zaracostas, Geneva; British Medical Journal 11 March 2006, also available at www.worldbank.org. Included in the bmj ‘news roundup’ section of the journal.Slightly adapted
Read MoreThe use of animals in medical research
1 In basic scientific research, where the object is to understand how, say, the brain works rather than to develop a drug to treat brain disease, the whole animal is often necessarily the object of study. Indeed, in some cases, scientific advances are making animal tests more valuable, rather than less. Genetic-modification techniques mean that…
Read MoreCheap drugs putting patients’ lives at risk
Doctors today warned the safety of patients was being put at risk because cash-strapped health bosses are trying to force them to prescribe cheaper drugs.Stonham Primary Care Trust needs to claw back some of its £50 million deficit and it is encouraging GPs to prescribe generic versions of drugs rather than more costly branded ones.…
Read MoreSweetness and light
When you have read this article online, can you remember what words were in the gaps?For an easier version of this click here. ARTIFICIAL sweeteners have long been touted as being good for the calorie-conscious. Unfortunately, a study just published in Behavioral Neuroscience by Susan Swithers and Terry Davidson of Purdue University in Indiana…
Read MoreMediterranean life can increase your healthy years
This article deals with the importance of eating well, and the effect of food on your health
Read MoreGarlic – exercise
left – a garlic bulb right – cloves of garlic centre – one garlic clove unpeeled For when you’ve read this! Can you answer these questions about garlic correctly? 1. [Multiple choice] People have realised for a long time that garlic is good for you. (Near the end of the article you can read Dr.…
Read MoreTB is still a global issue
An exercise which checks you understand the basic points made on this topic
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