By Hannah Brown in MRCP 1 on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 @ 00:00

For thousands of MRCP 1 and MRCPCH 1 candidates, it's exam day today.  For the last few weeks PasTest Online has been busier than it's ever been, and the Events Team have been running round like crazy ladies making sure all the revision courses run to plan.  Exam days are normally... read more

By Jason Emmerson in Revision on Monday, May 11, 2009 @ 15:19

It is not recommended that you sit at your computer for hours at a time, and now researchers fear that heavy computer use could be linked to various health conditions including glaucoma, which is especially common among those who are short-sighted. Glaucoma is caused by increased fluid pressure... read more

By Rosemary Gow in Revision on Friday, May 8, 2009 @ 14:25

I’ve been bitten by the gardening bug.  It all started with a packet of seeds and the removal of a substantial swing from my back garden leaving a deep depression in the lawn.  The problem is that I’m not a patient person.  If I want rocket, I want it now and not in 30 days’... read more

By Richard Hudson in In the news on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 @ 12:20

So, a week and a bit has gone by since swine flu hit the headlines and gripped the nation.  Suddenly people are scared of blowing their nose in a public place for fear of having to wear bells on their ankles and parade the streets to cries of ‘unclean, unclean!’ How has life changed... read more

By Guest in In the news on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 @ 10:13

Over the past few months there have been a number of articles debating Euthanasia. In July 2008 we saw the harrowing drama about the last 18 months of Doctor Anne Turner who, after having witnessed the death of her husband Jack from an incurable neurological disease, is diagnosed with a... read more

By Philip Curzon in A doctor's life on Friday, May 1, 2009 @ 10:44

Just back from a weekend watching bullfighting in Spain I was interested to visit the infirmary within the Plaza de Toros de Maestranza. It is here that injured bullfighters are taken for immediate triage. Only one bullfighter has died in Spain’s cathedral of bullfighting since opening its... read more