Consultant oncologist Alison Birtle talks to Helen Jones about her love of performing and how it is helping her recovery from serious complications of covid “I had already decided at the age of four that I wanted to be a doctor, but music and performing are a big part of my life,” says consultant oncologist Alison Birtle. While at medical school in London she performed in Grease , Cabaret , and…
Up to 4000 patients could be offered voxelotor (Oxbryta), a treatment for sickle cell disease which may reduce the need for blood transfusions, after the…
The BMA has asked the General Medical Council (GMC) to work with it to review the basis on which former GP and climate activist Sarah…
The more that female foundation doctors see of senior female doctors during placements, the more likely they are to choose to train in that specialty,…
The news that Sarah Benn has been suspended from the medical register sends a bleak message to climate concerned younger doctors, writes Alexander Mafi Doctors…
The state of Florida, the third most populous state in the US, banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy on 1 May, bringing down the…
The kidney and liver transplantation programmes of a major hospital in Houston, Texas, have been suspended while authorities investigate claims that the surgeon in charge…
Over the past year, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has grappled with the largest outbreak of mpox in the past half century. Despite obstacles,…
Current evidence leaves more questions than answers Psilocybin and other psychedelics are under investigation for use in several mental health conditions, including depression.1 Psilocybin, a…
The news that Sarah Benn has been suspended from the medical register sends a bleak message to climate concerned younger doctors, writes Alexander Mafi Doctors…
Ford AC, Wright-Hughes A, Alderson SL, et al. Amitriptyline at low-dose and titrated for irritable bowel syndrome as second-line treatment in primary care (ATLANTIS): a…
