General Healthcare

Diabetes is a non-communicable disease (NCD) meaning that it often cannot be seen. After 20 years of living with Type 1 diabetes I am lucky to have no…

The global burden of non-communicable diseases has reached an alarming level. The epidemic of Type II diabetes mellitus has engulfed >50% of…

Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is defined by elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in the presence of normal thyroxine (T4) levels.

Last week I had the opportunity to attend a small breakfast meeting where the speaker was Dr Catherine Mohr. Dr Mohr is an extraordinary individual…

Recently, I spoke to a group about the role of the General Practitioner (GP) in the community, about the complexity of the role, and about its challenges…

100,000 people are living with HIV within the UK, and one-quarter of these are undiagnosed. This is not only within the capital; latest research suggests…

Despite not knowing much about biology, and being able to successfully treat very few diseases, doctors in the 19th century were held in very high regard.

A year after I graduated, I was working in an emergency department when one of my colleagues killed someone.