The Hunterian Museum has a fantastic number of human and non-human anatomical and pathological specimens in innumerable jars for your viewing pleasure that...
medicine
Since the development of the heart lung machine in the middle of the last century, cardiac surgeons have dreamed of...
Nestled in the heart of Chelsea lives over 5000 species of plants, many of them medicinal or otherwise 'useful' to...
The risk of stroke steadily increases with old age, but in relative terms both the risk of having a stroke...
The risk of stroke steadily increases with old age, but in relative terms both the risk of having a stroke...
Professor Newsome's laboratory focusses on trafficking and role of both adult and embryonic stem cells in the context of liver injury....
Dr Annette Rid discusses the key points of using unproven treatments during an epidemic, the ethical controversy and draws some...
Various governments have promoted ‘patient choice’ as part of NHS reforms. Yet few people know how either to make that...
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest anatomists ever to have lived. He personally dissected more than thirty human...
What happens when people change their minds? In this lecture, forensic psychiatrist Professor Gwen Adshead will offer a historical perspective...
Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation. Think Sir Lancelot Spratt. Whilst that has clearly improved, there...
To kick off 2016 we welcome Stephen McGann, actor of BBC drama Call the Midwife and author of the upcoming...
There has never been a more confusing time to consume health information, as scientists and doctors struggle to agree and...
Cannabis has been used throughout history for medicinal as well as pleasurable effects. Its 100 unique ingredients vary widely in...
From gas lamps to LEDs and medical lasers, a panel of artists, scientists and theorists asks what role light plays in...
Tales of poisonings have had a hold on the popular imagination for centuries, often blurring truth and fiction. Do untraceable...
Join Dame Sally Davies, chief medical advisor to the UK government, as she leads a discussion on the 2014 Ebola...
Art Historian Andrew Graham-Dixon examines Henry Tonks' remarkable watercolours documenting the facial injuries suffered by servicemen during the First World...