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Last week I attended a lecture at Newcastle University where 3 pHD students presented their research projects which had won a prestigious competition within their faculty at the university. One of which was […]

A study published by Lancet this week revealed that human lifestyle choices, including poor diet choices and unhealthy lifestyles, are posing a greater threat to life expectancy than infectious diseases.

While […]

Recently on ‘The Medic Portal’ I read an article claiming those who suffer depression in adulthood have an increased risk of developing dementia in later years. This particularly caught my eye as I have decided to […]

I read an article last week that shed light upon a specific aspect on the junior doctor debate that was of particular interest for me as it was undoubtedly going to affect me (assuming all goes well – touch […]

Nut allergies are an area of interest for me, especially as I myself am allergic to hazelnuts. In light of my diagnosis I wanted to do some extensive research into how allergies develop and where they stem for. I […]

This week has been an exciting week in the drug industry with it being revealed that a new drug to treat Huntington’s disease is being trialled in humans after success in both mice and monkeys.

The new drug, […]

Mental health is highly stigmatised and is rarely spoke about in public, however it has recently becoming a prevalent topic of discussion in terms of the NHS budget as it was revealed last week that mental health […]

Whilst attending my school’s MedSoc a doctor from outside school lead a discussion in which we discussed “what makes a good doctor?”. I thought I would share some of the ideas presented in our discussions:

Our […]

This has always been a topic of interest of mine. After having both my grandmothers suffer from the condition it has incentivised me to find out more about the everyday occurring disease that scientists often turn […]

Last summer I gave up 4 weeks of my holiday to volunteer at a local summer sports school which I have attended from a young age. I thought it would be a brilliant opportunity to combine volunteering with my love […]

In the UK one of the major medical stories in 2015 was the proposed sugar tax. This is has been a very topical discussion topic in my Economics lessons and I do believe its an issue that needs to be addressed […]

Starting this new blog gives me the platform to express my thoughts and views on current affairs in the medical world as well as giving an insight on my journey into achieving my aspiration of attending a medical […]