Great Minds Don’t Think Alike
As our society continues to explore the realm of artificial intelligence, we must be prudent in acknowledging the inevitable dangers to come. Science fiction has transfixed people of all ages. As children we play...
Health and Science
Exciting developments in the world of healthcare, science and technology.
In Defence of the Unreal
Thanks to the rise of augmented reality, we’ll soon be living in a highly simulated environment. This is nothing to fear. High quality augmented and virtual reality technologies are on the cusp of going...
Therapy without a Therapist
An overwhelming one in four people in the UK experience a mental health problem each year. With lengthy waiting lists for support on the NHS and costly fees for private healthcare, many sufferers...
A Crisis in Care
An ageing population means more elderly people in need of care. However, government-funding for care has been insufficient to meet demand and we are left with a struggling care sector. What can be done?...
Share.data
Programmes which facilitate the sharing of anonymised patient data from GP practices as well as hospitals are very important sources for medical research. Communicating this with patients to allow informed decision making is vital....
Don’t Be Dopey: Lift the Drug Ban
People get into a rage about ‘roid usage, but the arguments against performance enhancing drugs don’t stand up to scrutiny. The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were rocked by the Russian “doping”...
Spirit Level
Currently you have to be over 18 to buy alcohol in the UK. Are there any benefits to lowering this age? 13,725: The total number of young people under the age of 18 admitted...
Critical Condition: What Brexit Means for the NHS
The UK has voted to leave the EU. Vote Leave insisted that this would be beneficial for the NHS, supposedly in the form of £350 million extra per week. But how will Brexit really...
Clinic Protestors: Back Off!
Within the last decade, the UK has seen aggressive anti-abortion clinic protests become commonplace. It’s time for the government to take action against intimidating demonstrators by implementing protection zones. In January, Buzzfeed reported on...
Diabetic and Dying: Diabulimia
Not yet an illness recognised by the NHS and with only limited research so far, here’s why eating disorder campaigners are so concerned about deadly diabulimia. Diabulimia is an eating disorder characterised by people...
The Nuclear Option
The fourth Nuclear Security Summit recently concluded in Washington DC, discussing the threat of access to nuclear weapons by terrorist groups. But is nuclear terror a credible threat? In the wake of the November...
Would Brexit Hurt British Science?
Stephen Hawking and the Royal Society’s scientists have claimed that leaving the EU would be a “disaster” for UK. They should stick to black holes rather than supranational politics. It may seem silly to...
A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Medicine Go Down
George Osborne announced a tax on sugary drinks to distract from his economic failures, but the policy should be welcomed nonetheless. Last Wednesday, George Osborne delivered his eighth Budget to the House of Commons....
Is Prevention Better Than Curing?
Should the government be allowed to prevent children from receiving the meningitis B vaccine or will the persistence of their parents prevail? WARNING: This article contains images which some readers may find distressing. Meningitis...
Where Have All the Organs Gone?
Despite the fact that a shortage of organs causes easily avoidable deaths in the UK, there is a lack of awareness surrounding organ donation. Could an opt-out system be the way forward? Right now,...
Do No Harm, Jeremy.
Junior doctors rarely take industrial action. What pushed them to the limit with the new contract, will it work, and is it ever right for doctors to strike? What is the new contract? The...
WHO will respond?
The World Health Organization was criticised for responding slowly to Ebola. Now, many fear the same with Zika. What’s gone wrong? Another global health emergency has been announced by the World Health Organization (WHO)....
Why Missing Data Kills
The recent clinical trial in France which left one dead and five critically ill raises a question: what can be done to increase safety and transparency? WARNING: Contains images which some may find distressing....
Don’t Let Homeopathy Poison the NHS
Homeopathic “remedies” shouldn’t be offered on the NHS for the same reason “intelligent design” shouldn’t be taught in schools. In 2016, ministers will consider whether or not to blacklist homeopathic treatments. Such treatments are...
