Philippa Walker-Smith, a year 4 student, was doing her dermatology in the BRI when she came across an unusual inflammatory lesion on a young man’s cheek. It turned out to be due to a relatively new organism, Arthroderma benhamiae, which was isolated after culture. Well done to her for spotting this and for getting it published… Read More »
Well done to UHBristol for winning two 2017 BMJ awards. Professor Karen Forbes and team won the Palliative & Hospice Team of the Year for an innovative project that has measurably improved palliative care for patients or their carers and UHBristol also won the Prevention team of the year which recognises teams whose work shows the… Read More »
An interesting paper (for a gynaecologist anyway) examined the outcomes of women having two ovaries removed at hysterectomy, as opposed to one. Those with only one had less likelihood of an admission with ischaemic heart disease, and were less likely to die from any cause. They did not mention symptoms arising from pain in the… Read More »
Have you ever wondered about research in medicine – what it is like, and how you might get in to it? The Head of the Medical School whose research has been been non lab based and a final year medical student whose research has been non-lab based, Sarah Purdy and Anna Taylor, wrote an article… Read More »