UK calorie consumption creeping upwards
Towards the end of 2017, a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found the UK to be the most obese country in western Europe. The UK… Read more »
Author Archives: Susie Barnes
Nigeria’s biggest outbreak of Lassa fever
You may have read about the disease that is currently spreading throughout Nigeria in last weeks health roundup. The outbreak of Lassa fever started in January and there is still… Read more »
Is there a healthcare revolution on the horizon?
Despite living in the 21st century, many hospitals continue to depend on manual labour for many things that could be done more effectively and efficiently with technology. Emerging technologies, like… Read more »
Medicine’s biggest mystery: How do general anaesthetics work?
Despite being one of the most common medical procedures used all over the world for the past 180 years, we have not been able to really understand how general anaesthetic… Read more »