Medicine of the Middle Ages: how different were we really?
With uncertainty among doctor shortages, a lack of funding, and the role the NHS will play in modern-day healthcare, we can look back in time to appreciate our progress in becoming a world-leader in medical science.
The mental health crisis within the NHS: A deadly mix of government idolisation and disregard.
If you were asked what the underlying principle of the NHS was, your answer might be along the lines of ‘to allow everyone to have access to free healthcare’ and ‘to promote physical and mental health’. This care is supposedly universal and one of the country’s top priorities. It is ironic, then, that the government has left the NHS workforce themselves in an emotionally untenable environment for years.
Early diagnosis of ovarian cancer:
Is the National Health Service up to the task?
Among women in the UK, ovarian cancer (OC) is the sixth most common cause of cancer-related death.
How people from lower socioeconomic background have a harder time getting into medicine
In the UK, female and ethnic minority groups are now well represented in medicine, but those from a lower socio-economic status (SES) or disadvantaged students remain under-represented.
In Tribute To All Victims Of Honour-Based Abuse:
Your memory lives on, and we will cherish your legacy.
Reflection of my time with the Sheffield’s Working Women’s Opportunities Project
Hands. Face. Space. These are simple rules we follow during the pandemic that protect us. However, after spending time with the most…
MUSIC & MEDICINE
Music has come a long way, from being an unorthodox health remedy to getting recognised as a legitimate form of therapy in medicine.
AFRICA IS FREE OF WILD POLIO
The global pandemic announced in 2020 took the world by storm. Our world came to know loss due to the devastation caused by the COVID-19 infection.
A SHEFFIELD MEDICAL STUDENT IN WARTIME
It started with the first lockdown. I had just retired and had an urge to look at what was in the old boxes which every family tended to…
Does the use of social media cause a decrease in alcohol consumption among young adults aged 11 to 24?
There has been a notable decline in alcohol consumption among young adults in recent years, specifically in European countries, Australia and in the USA.
Food for thought – Could neurodegeneration begin in the gut?
‘All diseases begin in the gut.’ Could Hippocrates the ‘Father of Medicine’ have been more right than we suspected?
A PANDEMIC TALE IN TWO PARTS
Like the majority of the population, the coronavirus pandemic completely turned my life around. Whilst reading the news about Wuhan, I thought lockdown would never happen to us here in the UK.
What marine organisms have taught us about the human nervous system
As the field becomes increasingly dominated by mammalian research, it is important to remember that marine organisms may hold the key to the greatest secrets of the nervous system.
The importance of neuroplasticity in aphasia therapy
Aphasia is an acquired language disorder that can affect comprehension and/or expression resulting from brain damage …
A REFLECTION ON FAILURE AS A CLINICIAN
During my neurology placement, the focus was upon dysphagia management where I frequently observed both swallowing and oro-motor assessments.
Are face masks effective in reducing the spread of respiratory diseases?
Respiratory Diseases are generally spread via droplet and contact routes of transmission.
Lethal coronavirus pathogenesis in human monocytes and tissue macrophages
Human coronaviruses are capable of undermining the innate immune response through macrophages and monocytes. It is capable of infecting immune …
Unmasking the dilemma of face masks
Are face masks effective in reducing respiratory disease?
