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A space where both clinicians and students can explore the interesting ideas which meet at the interface of medicine.
Latest Articles
Ovaries aside — is polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome disrupting the brain’s ability to cope?
Improving clinical practice around PCOS/PMOS – a condition which remains under researched and where psychiatric co-morbidity is often missed.
The Vulnerable Brain and General Anaesthesia: Is This a Wakeup Call?
The demographic shift of the ageing population provides new challenges for surgery and anaesthesia, especially as general anaesthetic may unmask or exacerbate underlying disease in cognitively vulnerable patients.
Cassandra in the Clinic: Patient Testimony, Invisible Pain, and the Ethics of Being Believed
Examining the classical Greek myth of Cassandra, the prophetess cursed to speak the truth yet remain unbelieved, as a powerful framework for examining the ethical problem of patient testimony in modern healthcare.
Home OCT and the Psychology of Monitoring: When the Eye Clinic Comes Home
The promise and perils of home monitoring for AMD and wider issue of the psychological impact of patients having access to real time health data
Emerging Technology in Ophthalmology: Smart Contact Lenses
Considering both the practical and ethical implications of emerging lens-based technology in Ophthalmology
Bloody Hell: Menstruation and the Challenges it Presents to Girls with ASD
Highlighting the experience of menstruation for girls and women with ASD and where medical care is currently lacking
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