Building a Career in Global Health and Expedition Medicine

Building a Career in Global Health and Expedition Medicine

Building a career in global health and expedition medicine – the good, the bad, and the stuff no one tells you! Can I be a neurosurgeon and travel the world with my work? I’d like to do paediatrics but with some humanitarian work- is that possible? Will I still...
Understanding Homeostasis

Understanding Homeostasis

Homeostasis is the property of a system in which variables are regulated so that internal conditions remain stable and relatively constant. Examples of homeostasis include the regulation of temperature and pH balance. The two body systems that are responsible for...
HELLP Syndrome

HELLP Syndrome

HELLP syndrome is a pregnancy complication that usually presents in women who have pre-eclampsia or eclampsia. Affected women also show signs of liver damage and abnormalities in blood clotting. HELLP syndrome is characterised by: Haemolysis ELevated liver enzymes Low...
What is Evidence-based Medicine?

What is Evidence-based Medicine?

Evidence-based medicine is the term used to describe the process of systematically reviewing, appraising and using the findings of clinical research to assist with the delivery of optimum clinical care to patients. The most commonly quoted definition of evidence-based...
The Story of Penicillin

The Story of Penicillin

I sometimes take antibiotics for granted. As a doctor, I have prescribed thousands of courses of antibiotics throughout my career. I have taken many courses myself also, and they almost certainly saved my life when I perforated my appendix in my mid-20s. Antibiotics...
The Menopause

The Menopause

The menopause is the biological stage in a woman’s life when menstruation permanently ceases. It marks the end of the female reproductive life. It occurs with the final menstrual period and is usually diagnosed clinically after 12 months of amenorrhoea. In the UK, the...