Medicinal uses of marijuana
Marijuana has been around for a long time – at least 10,000 years – and has long been used for
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Climate change and its effects on global public health
Climate Change and increasing global emissions is responsible for huge changes in global health. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says
Read moreDo we risk over-medicating a healthy population?
10 years ago, screening for as many diseases as possible was the method used to keep the population healthy before
Read moreSeasonal genetic fluctuations and their effects on our health and the way we vaccinate
A study carried out by Cambridge University as found that just under 25% of our genes are expressed differently between different seasons.
Read moreMedical data, supercomputing and personalised medical care
Could IBM’s collaboration with Apple and medical electronics companies transform the way doctors treat patients and researchers assess diseases. IBM
Read moreHow might big data transform medicine?
Big data is starting to affect every area of our lives and of commerce, but it is also expected to
Read moreJohn O’Keefe, on the brain’s inner GPS system, winner of the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine 2014
Today, John O’Keefe, Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser, won the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine, the highest accolade in
Read moreHave we found a wonder drug, which can halt the progress of Alzheimer’s?
It is thought that worldwide approximately 44 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s, and this number is growing every year. In
Read moreMSF and WHO struggling to keep up with the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa
The first outbreak of the Ebola virus in humans took place in 1976. Ebola has one of the highest death
Read moreLung cancer – two diseases
Lung cancer is often thought of as one type of cancer, however there are different types of lung cancer: small
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