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StreetDoctors—teaching first aid to young offenders

StreetDoctors is a voluntary organisation that teaches young offenders what to do at the scene of a stabbing. …

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A microbiologist and global health doctor

Peter Piot talks about the Ebola virus, HIV, and global health challenges. Peter Piot is a microbiologist and global health doctor. He co-discovered the …

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The perils of social media

What started out as a space for therapeutic venting among a small group of like minded medical registrars has blossomed into a page with almost 50 000 followers.1 We are the founders of “The Medical Registrar,” a Facebook page on which we vent our frustrations with our job. We are the collected …

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Shisha: is smoking cool again?

Students are often unaware of shisha’s health hazards . Among some medical students, smoking shisha is now more common than smoking cigarettes. In a study of medical students at …

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Stop before the op

How to give smoking cessation advice. Adverse surgical outcomes have an important association with smoking, and even a short period of abstinence before surgery can be beneficial. …

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