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Childcare woes
Yesterday I was flipping through a medical journal and read something that brought back the past very vividly. It was an account of how a young GP, who was a mother of school age children, was struck off the medical … Continue reading
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Tagged childcare, doctors-strikes, general-practice, general-practice, gmc, health, healthcare, NHS
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SEEING CLEARLY
There was a very interesting medical story on all the main British TV channels recently. It was about a young female medical student who developed a serious problem with one eye, which caused recurrent iritis. (1). As I well remember, … Continue reading
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A brave new world of lower waiting lists in the NHS?
Thank goodness, the new government is trying very hard to speed up the process of diagnosis and treatment to reduce waiting lists in the NHS, and I think they are on the right track. Allowing patients to book their own … Continue reading
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Tagged health, healthcare, news, NHS, politics, waiting times
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NHS funding – Where should our priorities be?
With all this talk of the latest budget giving a huge amount of money to the NHS, it is now necessary to look at how this amount of money can be spent in order to rescue the health of this … Continue reading
Demographics as a tool in war in Gaza
Our world does seem to be unwinding. Climate breakdown, wars, mass killings, pestilence, poverty and malnutrition are all related. From a planetary perspective, this is nothing new; as David Attenborough points out, our planet has seen this, and much worse, … Continue reading
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Tagged children, climate change, contraception, demographics, Gaza, Religion, War
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Misogyny and contraception
Misogyny is defined as “hatred or contempt for women and girls” and is, and probably always was, widespread. In 1275 a tract was written by one Jean Le Fevre, all about the wickedness of women. And it seems his belief … Continue reading
Vaccine Hesitancy and Anti-vaxxers.
As a doctor, I can’t understand anti-vaxxers, certainly not the vociferous sort who campaign aganist vaccination outside schools, or just refuse without giving a reason. Vaccinations have always been an incredible scientific advance. In the 1960’s, I was so relieved … Continue reading
Covid-19, Immune systems and Neanderthals.
Why are some groups of people, in families, in localities, from specific geographical areas, or races, more susceptible to Covid-19? This is a huge questions for health services to answer, as they see the disease concentrating in certain areas and … Continue reading
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Tagged BAME, Covid-19. Sars-CoV-2, DNA, Immune system, infections, lifestyle, Neanderthals
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Long life, Pandemics and Populations
Do you want to live a longer life in good health? I have myself written quite a few articles on ageing (such as “Age doesn’t come by itself”) in this blog, so when I read about this on a popular … Continue reading
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Why did I become a doctor?
As the coronavirus rages about us, for many of us it is a time of contemplation. For one thing, we all have time to think, and the fact that some of us may shortly be facing the fight of our … Continue reading
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Elen Samuel, doctor and writer 