BCG is only about 80% effective so it is by no means a guarantee of immunity. If you have signs of a chest infection (e.g. cough productive of sputum (especially coloured sputum) with fever, spiking temperature above 38.5°C and possibly night sweats, generally feeling poorly) then by all means get y...
Note that this is pregnancy, not teen birth rate (comparatively lower). The majority of these are aborted before they reach the end of the first trimester (i.e. before it becomes noticable to the casual observer).
If Kenny's letter is a good example of general opinion, has the occupation reached tipping point between being a useful way of raising opinion amongst St Andreans and something that's actively pissing off the majority of the populace? Although I will admit that I'm impressed it has gone on this long...
What is the exit strategy for the protesters should the whole thing end in stalemate (which is starting to look pretty likely)? Wait to be kicked out, compromise on demands or up the ante?
5) Following the letter signed by fifty medical students, that Bute medical school provides medical aid for Palestine in the form of medical equipment Have they specified what or how? It would make sense to me to give a donation to medicines sans frontieres to buy kit for field teams to use as requ...
I agree wholeheartedly with Blueswater's post in that this protest is unlikely to achieve any of the changes they have demanded, however I would disagree that there's no point whatsoever. If even a handful of students passing by the quad learn a bit more about the Israel/Gaza conflict or are forced ...
Her abdomen is riddled with metastases and if I were a gambling man, I would bet on either bowel obstruction or liver failure killing her eventually - neither of which are ways anyone would want to go. Whatever you may think of her, no-one deserves this.
I wonder what a flag room is for? Anyway- Given: a) rising costs of tuition fees b) decrease in junior doctor jobs in Scotland c) insufficient facilities to teach clinical medicine Is a 6-year medical course partly based in St Andrews sustainable into the future? This is to say that I don't see it a...
Professor Parveen Kumar - medical educationalist, I think she'd be good in a History boys style debate about rounded education vs teaching to exams. Dr Tony Calland - chairman of BMA Ethics and law committee, good on anything like abortion, stem cells, euthanasia, etc etc. More local (in Glasgow) me...
in particular listeria, which can cause a nasty meningitis in the newborn. As opposed to good meningitis? Well yes. Most people will shrug off a viral meningitis due to (say) Herpes Simplex Virus with just supportive treatment, however a bacterial meningitis due to Neisseria meningitides could pote...
Richard Dawkins daughter of course recently graduated from St As so he might be persuadable to return... not sure he is the right candidate for an address though, I'd much prefer to see him in a debate. Do you think Donald Trump would come and talk on the subject of globalisation, mega-corporations ...
Well, I'm sure there are any number of things, however I've heard him speaking about using podcasts, blogs etc. as a publishing medium and would love to hear more on that. THB the internet is the death of the written word? Given that he publishes extremely prolifically on his blog but is also a very...
Vaguely feasible: Dr Tony Butler (gave an excellent seven minutes in an AIDS debate which I unfortunately missed) Sir David Carter (former chief medical officer. Very smart guy)
Probably not feasable: Lord Robert Winston Richard Dawkins Stephen Fry Boris Johnson
Not so daft. Lots of infections e.g. brucella, TB can be spread through unpasteurised cheese - in particular listeria, which can cause a nasty meningitis in the newborn.
I got a Christmas email. Oh yes. The O2 shop had made a list, checked it twice and demanded the payment of £35 for my monthly bill. A merry Christmas to you too, I crooned.
I was thinking exactly the same things as are expressed in LP's article after watching the brilliant and thought-provoking documentary The Santa Clause. Thank goodness some people still believe in hope and the kindness of man to man enough to perpetuate Santa.