Practical Preventive Medicine
“A fence at the top of the cliff is better than an ambulance at the bottom!”
Continue reading“Cheap” Drugs
A couple of years ago I was interviewed by a German TV channel which wanted to show that taking over the counter drugs
Continue readingLiving In The Hub (of the universe)
As part of my duties I get a print out of the number of international in-patients in the hospital each day.
Continue readingWhat shall I write about this month? Catfish?
Twice each month I will get a nudge from K. Wan (Head of Getting Dr. Iain To Do Things Department) that I should be writing something
Continue readingMERS-CoV – another public health threat?
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the information that as of 3 June 2015,
Continue readingTake two aspirins and (don’t) ring me in the morning!
The medical “advice” to take two aspirins and ring again in the morning has been around for many years.
Continue readingSilly Phyllis season?
Valentines Day is here again, and once more the do-gooders will be issuing warnings (and even condoms?) to love-sick swains.
Continue readingSeasonal influenza and influenza A (H1N1)
Influenza viruses belonging to the family Orthomyxoviridae.
Continue readingNew Year’s Resolutions!
Go to Facebook and count just how many of your “friends” have put weight loss as their goal for 2015.
Continue readingAir Pollution May Be Linked to Higher Rates of Kidney Disease
Air pollution may be linked to higher rates of chronic kidney disease, new research suggests.
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