Update on Avian Influenza
by Tanya Melillo Fenech MD MSc Principle Medical Officer at Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Unit Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Letter from Your Clinical Psychologist
Paul Micallef – Dear Colleague,
Letter from Your clinical psychologist
by Paul Micallef BA DClinPsych CPsychol(UK) Chartered Clinical Psychologist & Consultant/Advisor for Staff Training and Retraining
Update on Avian Influenza
by Tanya Melillo Fenech MD MSc Principle Medical Officer at Disease Surveillance Unit, Department of Public Health. Latest news on H5N1 virus There have been 187 deaths so far across the globe. The difference this year with an overall survival rate of 59.4 %…
“Doctor, Doctor – Where are thou?” Medics in Movies and Television – Part II
The Medical soap opera Up until the sixties most soap opera’s storylines focused on the experiences of families in their homes e.g. Coronation Street, their interaction and relationships between different people living in a particular place.
Vacancy post
Vacancy: Community Manager (Part time basis – around 10 hours per week) We are a small company with more than 20 year experience and are looking to increase our brand awareness in Healthcare, Medtech and Wellbeing We are looking for a digital-savvy Community…
EDWARD BURNE-JONES a master symbolist
Francesco Carelli , University of Milan Tate Britain presents the first major Burne-Jones retrospective to be held in London for over 40 years. Renowned for otherworldly depictions of beauty inspired by myth, legend and the Bible, Edward Burne-Jones (1833–98) was a pioneer of the symbolist…
TULLIO CRALI – A FUTURIST LIFE
Francesco Carelli, University of Milan For Tullio Crali (1910-2000) Futurism was not just a school of painting but an attitude to life itself. His powerful imagery reflected the movement’s unrestrained enthusiasm for the modern world, embracing technology and the machine as important sources of creative…
How diet affects mental health – what’s the evidence?
A new expert review confirms that diet significantly influences mental health and wellbeing, but cautions that the evidence for many diets is comparatively weak. This, the most up to date overview of the new field of Nutritional Psychiatry, is produced, by the Nutrition Network of…
Cancer drugs could potentially treat COPD, Sheffield research finds
New research from the University of Sheffield shows a certain class of cancer drugs could be used in the future to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Nerve Stimulation May Benefit Women with Fibromyalgia
A treatment involving electrical nerve stimulation helped women with fibromyalgia in a recent clinical trial. The findings are published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
Recurrent miscarriage: diabetes drug could lead to new treatment
An existing drug can be used to improve the womb for pregnancy, study led by University of Warwick finds Sitagliptin is first drug of its kind shown to increase stem cells in the lining of the womb Stem cells have been shown to improve renewal…