Archive: 06/10/2015
Hope for burns victims as researchers pilot revolutionary new dressing
The disabling disfigurement suffered by many burns victims could be consigned to history thanks to a revolutionary new dressing developed by a team of Birmingham scientists.
Oct 6, 2015
Life and death under austerity
When Mark Wood was found dead in his home in August 2013 it could have been just another tragic, but private, event for one family. But it wasn't. His death came a few months after his disability benefits had been cut because ...
Oct 6, 2015
Mobile technologies are ushering in a new kind of patient/physician partnership
A recent cartoon in The New Yorker magazine depicts a human resource manager behind a desk, holding up a form and emphatically telling the person in front of him, "You can't list your iPhone as your primary physician!"
Oct 6, 2015
More women may have option to get IUD minutes after giving birth
First, giving birth. Next, birth control.
Oct 6, 2015