Age related macular degeneration (AMD) is the biggest cause of blindness in people over 50 years old. In the UK, approximately a quarter of everyone over 60, has some loss of vision due to AMD. Since the 1950s, the number of cases has doubled and is expected to triple over the next 25 years. It [...]
Treatments admin | 20 May 2011
Every day, the National Blood Service must collect 10,000 pints of blood to meet demand. In an effort to increase supplies, the blood service sends mobile units to businesses across the country. On-site donation is more convenient for both the donor and the team, but BT whose annual profits reached £2.94 billion last year, has [...]
Although it hasn’t happened more than a couple of times in my medical career, I can clearly remember the first time I cried in front of a patient. I was a medical student and had just witnessed the birth of a child for the very first time. The baby cried. The mother started to cry. [...]
In any relationship the foundation stone is trust. Take that away and the relationship invariably collapses. It may come as a surprise to learn that it’s not only criminals who deceive others to get what they want, ordinary people do it to. What’s more, they’ll even try to deceive their doctor – the person who’s [...]
This starting post will be an entry point and we’ve decided to start with a brief historic info. So, the first relief agency started to work in 1932, and this was the initiative of president Hoover. Organization itself was giving loans to private individuals (who were also offering used vehicles for sale) and organizations on [...]