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  • A 19th-Century View of Fever
  • Accident and Emergency Departments
  • The Act of Expectorating
  • Acupuncture
  • Adenoids
  • Ageing
  • AIDS and HIV [5 members]
  • AIDS HIV - Visible Features
  • Ailurophilia Gone Bad: A New Mental Illness?
  • Albinism
  • Alcohol Abuse
  • Alexander James Jude Lynn
  • The Alexander Technique
  • Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
  • Allergic Feminine Irritation (AFI)
  • Alopecia
  • Alternative Options for Menstruation
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Anaemia
  • Aneurysm
  • Anosmia
  • Anxiety Disorders [3 members]
  • Asthma
  • Astrocytoma
  • The Autistic Spectrum [4 members]
  • Baby Massage
  • 'Bashful Bladder'
  • Basics of Rolling Naked in the Snow
  • A Beginner's Guide to Feng Shui
  • Being a Blood Donor in the UK
  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
  • Bloom's Syndrome
  • Body Odour
  • Bone Diseases
  • Bone Marrow Donors - a Personal Experience
  • The Boston Smallpox Epidemic of 1775 - 1776
  • Breast Cancer
  • Burning Mouth Syndrome
  • The Caesarean Section
  • Candida Control
  • Cardiac Nuclear Medicine Scan
  • Cataracts and their treatment
  • The Causes of Asthma
  • Cellulitis
  • Cellulitis - a Personal Account
  • The Cervical Traction Kit
  • Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838 - 1883) - 'Tom Thumb'
  • Chickenpox and Shingles
  • Child Actors
  • Cigars
  • Cisplatin
  • Clinical Practice [3 members]
  • Coeliac Disease
  • Coldsores and Herpes Simplex
  • Colonoscopy
  • Colour Blindness
  • Congenital Hydrocephalus
  • Consuming Alcohol During Pregnancy, The Consequences.
  • Conversion Disorders
  • The 'Covert' Stammer - a Personal Account
  • Crohn's Disease
  • Crystals
  • A Cynic's Guide to Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
  • Cystoscopy
  • Dealing with Pre-menstrual Syndrome and Period Pain
  • Death
  • Decompression Sickness
  • Deja Vu
  • Dental Fillings
  • Depression and College Students
  • Depression and Mood Disorders [5 members]
  • Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
  • Differences Between a Cold and the 'Flu
  • Different Approaches to Treating Mental Illnesses
  • Disability
  • Diseases of the Tonsils
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • DNR or CPR - a Difficult Decision
  • Donating Blood in the USA
  • Down's Syndrome
  • Dyslexia
  • E coli - Friend or Foe?
  • Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery - An Overview
  • Eating and Digestive Disorders [7 members]
  • Ectopic Pregnancy
  • Edward Jenner (1749 - 1823)
  • Elaine Rivis Anderson - The Little Girl In The Cemetery
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
  • Electrocution
  • Endometrial Cancer
  • Endometriosis and Adenomyosis
  • The English Smoking Ban of 2007
  • Epilepsy
  • Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
  • Fabry Disease
  • A Few Tips on Oral Hygiene
  • Fibromyalgia
  • First Steps to Survival in an Inflatable Liferaft
  • Fistulae
  • Gestational Diabetes
  • Giving Up Smoking
  • A Gluten-free Diet
  • Gout - The Affliction of Kings
  • Graves' Disease (Hyperthyroidism)
  • Guillain-Barré Syndrome
  • Haematuria (Blood in the Urine)
  • Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn
  • Haemorrhoids
  • Hangover Cures
  • Having A Barium Enema
  • Having a Cervical Smear Test in the UK
  • The Healing Power of Curry
  • Health Advice for Travellers
  • Henrietta Lacks and the Origin of HeLa Cells
  • Hiccups
  • High Altitude Sickness
  • The Hippocratic Oath
  • The History of Teeth Cleaning
  • Hives - the Causes, Symptoms and Treatments
  • HM and the Seahorse - a Story of Memory Discovery
  • Homeopathy - a Sceptical View
  • A Hot Toddy Cold Remedy
  • How Best to Cope with Bereavement
  • How to Call for an Emergency Ambulance in the UK
  • How to Get a Doctor's Attention
  • How to Guide a Blind Person
  • How to Lose and Control Weight
  • How to Make a Basic First Aid Kit for the Home
  • How to Perform Artificial Respiration and/or CPR on Your Cat
  • How to Take an Inpatient History (UK)
  • The Human Herpes Viruses
  • Hunter Syndrome
  • Hydatidiform Moles in Pregnancy
  • Hydrotherapy and Aquarobics
  • Hypergraphia
  • Hypermobility Syndrome
  • Hypnosis
  • Hypochondria (aka Hypochondriasis)
  • Hypoxia, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Drowning
  • Hysterectomy
  • Ichthyosis Foetalis and Harlequin Babies
  • The Ill Effects of Chronic Drinking
  • Ill-Fitting Bras - A Medical Perspective
  • Immune System Maintenance
  • Infant Colic and What to Do About It
  • Infective Endocarditis
  • Injuries From Casual Football
  • Insanity and The Law
  • Insanity Prevention
  • Internet Addiction
  • Intussusception
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
  • Itches
  • Jade Goody: 1981 - 2009
  • Jane Tomlinson CBE - Charity Campaigner
  • Jogger's Nipple - the Medical Condition
  • Joseph Merrick - the 'Elephant Man'
  • Keratoconus
  • Killer Bees
  • Koro - the Genital Retraction Syndrome
  • Laser Eye Surgery
  • Legionnaires' Disease - a History of its Discovery
  • Legionnaires' Disease - Frequently Asked Questions
  • Leprosy
  • The Liver and its Diseases
  • Living with a Gastrectomy: One Researcher's Experience.
  • Living with Partial Deafness - Say That Again!
  • Locks of Love - the Hair Charity
  • Madness
  • Malaria
  • Marfan Syndrome
  • Massage
  • Measuring Blood Pressure
  • Medical Maggots
  • Medical Treatments For Constipation
  • Meningitis
  • Mental Health [10 members]
  • Mental Health
  • Metabolic Diseases
  • Metachromatic Leukodystrophy - A Genetic Disease
  • Microbes - Good or Bad?
  • Migraine
  • Minor Burns, Sunburns and How to Treat Them
  • Miscarriage
  • Mobile Phone Emissions
  • MRSA
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Mushrooms that Kill Humans
  • My Experience of Cancer
  • My Life with a Cyst on My Brain
  • Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)
  • Narcolepsy
  • The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (England and Wales)
  • The Needs of Pregnant Women
  • New Age
  • Night-time Leg Cramps
  • Nitrogen Narcosis
  • Nose Bleeds
  • Noses - Drying the Sniffles
  • Notifiable Infectious Diseases in the UK
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Nuclear Medicine Imaging
  • Obesity
  • Orthokeratology
  • Osteopathy
  • Outliving Your Child
  • Panic
  • Paper Cuts
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Pediculosis
  • Pendulum Dowsing
  • Peripheral Oedema (Swelling of the Ankles)
  • Phantom Limbs
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Pityriasis Rosea - a Skin Complaint
  • The Plague
  • Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - The Longest Word
  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
  • Posterior Vitreous Detachment
  • Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
  • Post-natal Depression
  • Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia
  • Prepatellar Bursitis - Housemaid's Knee
  • Prevention and Cures for Colds
  • Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD)
  • Prions
  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)
  • Prosopagnosia - A Personal Account of Face-Blindness
  • PUPPPs - Itchiness in Pregnancy
  • Pyloric Stenosis
  • Quality and Outcomes Framework for UK GPs
  • Rabies
  • Rectal Bleeding
  • Reiki
  • Relaxation Techniques
  • Removal of Certain Male Organs from the Zipper
  • Retinopathy of Prematurity
  • Rimonabant - Anti-obesity Drug
  • Running
  • Sanpaku Eyes
  • Schizophrenia and 'Split Personality'
  • Sciatica
  • The Science of Pacemakers
  • Scoliosis
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
  • Secrets of Longevity
  • Self Injury
  • Sensuous Breathing
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) [3 members]
  • Shaving Your Patient's Face
  • Shell Shock
  • Shingles
  • Shirley Nolan OBE - Pioneer and Charity Campaigner
  • A Short Guide to Hypnotherapy
  • Skin Cancer - One Man's Experience
  • Skin Disorders [20 members]
  • Sleep and Sleeping Disorders [8 members]
  • Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis
  • St Andrew's Hospice, Grimsby, NE Lincolnshire, UK
  • Stillbirth
  • Streptococcus Pyogenes - Killer Flesh-eating Bacteria
  • Stress Incontinence
  • Strokes
  • Stubbing Your Toe
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Cot Death)
  • SUNCTS Headaches
  • Superficial Bruising of the Skin
  • Surgical Emergencies: Acute Appendicitis
  • Surgical Emergencies: Acute Diverticulitis
  • Surgical Emergencies: Acute Limb Ischaemia
  • Surgical Emergencies: Acute Pancreatitis
  • Surgical Emergencies: Bowel Obstruction, Perforation and Ischaemia
  • Surgical Emergencies: Extradural Haematoma
  • Surgical Emergencies: Introduction
  • Surgical Emergencies: Testicular Torsion
  • Surgical Stapling
  • Swallowing (Deglutition)
  • Synaesthesia
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
  • Tampon-Related Toxic Shock Syndrome
  • Tattoo Removal
  • Tattoo Safety
  • Tay-Sachs Disease
  • Ten Essentials of Outdoor Survival
  • Things to Consider when Reading Medical Research
  • Thrush in the Milk Ducts
  • The T-Loop
  • Tobacco Smoke
  • The Tooth Amoeba
  • Total Solar Eclipses
  • Transient Ischaemic Attacks - or Mini Strokes
  • The Transmission of Madness: Folie a Deux and Mass Psychogenic Illness
  • Transplantation - a Summary
  • Trepanation
  • Trigger Thumb
  • The Truth About Nose-picking
  • Undergoing an Anorectal Physiology Test and Proctogram
  • Understanding Bell's Palsy
  • Urge Incontinence
  • Uterine Fibroids
  • The Uvula
  • Vasectomy - Male Sterilisation
  • Waardenburg Syndrome
  • West Nile Virus
  • Whipple's Disease
  • Whooping Cough - Bordetella pertussis
  • Why Mosquitoes Must Die
  • William Banting - the First Person To Market Dieting
  • The Willow Foundation
  • Wisdom Tooth Removal - a Personal Perspective
  • Worry Dolls
  • Wrapping up Warm
  • X-Ray Grids
  • X-Ray Tube Basics
  • X-Rays
  • Your Heart and the Sounds It Should and Shouldn't Make
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