Thursday, July 3, 2025

Features

Medicine in the movies

It has been said that 'no other art form pervades the consciousness with as much power as film'1. Film is omnipresent, crossing boundaries of age,...

Flying doctors down under

An overseas OOPE in aeromedical retrieval When Dr Aarjan Snoek wanted to develop his skills leading a multidisciplinary team in the management of critically ill...

End of life for the Liverpool Care Pathway?

After almost a year of negative publicity and little in the press to defend its good intentions, the Liverpool...

Strange medical products from animals

Would you ever consider injecting a product taken from a pig’s intestine into a patient then reversing its effects...

Animals in training

Scientific advisor to the government, The Royal Society, claim that virtually every medical achievement in the 20th century relied...

The Everest Test

The Everest Test was to take place on a plateau next to Everest Base Camp at 5200m above sea...

From Cornwall to Cape Town

In October 2012 three junior doctors set off with the aim of driving Tess, their 1992 Land Rover Defender,...

Standing up for patient safety

Improving patient safety is no doubt at the forefront of everyone's minds following the Francis Inquiry. Charlotte Hudson reflects...