Coping with gangrene

Sepsis and septicaemia aren’t the same thing, but they are related. Septicaemia is sometimes known as blood poisoning. It happens when an infection (usually with bacteria) gets into your bloodstream.

My Weekly’s favourite GP Dr Sarah Jarvis from TV and radio writes for you Very few of us are fond of the shorter days and colder weather which start to come around at this time of year. If you live wi

A clinical trial is underway at three UK hospitals to test whether stem cell treatment might restore hearing. In animal studies stem cells injected into the inner ear grew into healthy new auditory ne

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From miasma to miracles: how medieval medicine desperately battled the bubonic plague