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The Health Show series reaches its half-way point

Posted on Friday, October 14th, 2011

This Saturday marks the half-way point of The Health Show series – 13 out of 26 episodes. Throughout the first half of the series we have covered a breadth of exciting health and medical stories across the globe. The films have embraced the latest cutting edge technology, such as simulated and robotic surgery, alongside more [...]

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Kangaroos and snakes in Bangladesh

Posted on Monday, October 10th, 2011

So my final blog comes from Rockhopper HQ here in London. We flew back to a very sunny England last Wednesday, after 3 fantastic weeks in Bangladesh. The majority of our remaining time was spent with community health research workers and at the main hospital in Matlab, which looks after patients with diarrhoea, as well [...]

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New innovation in cycling; inflatable bike helmet

Posted on Friday, October 7th, 2011

I’m staring out of the train window admiring the ever-changing East London, rapidly being transformed to welcome the Olympics in now only ten months time. I’m taking the Docklands Light Railway to London City Airport. I’m heading there to welcome Terese Alstin, who has flown in from Sweden. Terese and her co-designer have developed [...]

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From Sri Lanka to Huddersfield

Posted on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

As part of the training special we filmed Dr Ayodhya Wataliyadda,a Sri Lankan doctor working in Huddersfield. She is four months into a two-year placement specialising in paediatrics. Ayodyha was supported to come to the UK by the Foreign Placement Coordination Centre, backed by the Sri Lankan government. In return she signed an agreement that [...]

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Mothers, babies and water, water everywhere – Bangladesh week 1

Posted on Friday, September 16th, 2011

Arrived in Dhaka on Saturday night after a short stopover in Delhi, just enough time to grab a coffee!! After overnighting in the country’s capital we embarked on a four hour car journey south-east of Dhaka, to a region called Matlab. The car journey itself was an eye opener. Traffic was mayhem and our driver, Nasir, did [...]

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The Health Show Update

Posted on Friday, August 26th, 2011

We were very shocked to hear about the bomb in Abuja in Nigeria today, as we have a film crew out there. We contacted them straight away and were pleased to find out that all are safe. Our sympathies go out to everyone affected by the bomb. Before traveling to Nigeria, they were in Ghana, [...]

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Why are some people more attractive to mosquitoes than others and how can we use this to prevent disease transmission? – live Twitter discussion

Posted on Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Monday 8th August 6pm GMT (7pm BST) Dr James Logan of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has found that certain people produce a natural repellant to mosquitoes. He has isolated these chemicals and is now working with a company to develop a more effective mosquito repellent. There is some evidence that whether [...]

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Behind the Scenes at The Health Show

Posted on Friday, July 29th, 2011

The Health Show is in full swing now and it’s been an exciting few weeks. It was fantastic to meet the presenters Ayan Panja and Shini Somara for the first time and be on set in our new home; the Angel Building in Islington. There’s an amazing sleek black sculpture/seat in the foyer and stunning [...]

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Antarctica: Some reflections

Posted on Friday, March 4th, 2011

We’re all home – some of us by longer routes than others. Beth and Mike took 5 days over a journey that included Stanley, Punta Arenas, Santiago, Madrid and finally London. None of it, except London, was by choice. It took me a mere 48 hours via Stanley and Ascension. Anyway, the slide-show above has [...]

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Antarctica, advancing years and wisdom …

Posted on Sunday, February 27th, 2011

Back in the mists of Antarctic time (the mid-1990s), when both Hugh Corr and I were younger, we were sitting in the boat above, just off the Antarctic Peninsula, and saying goodbye to the recently departed Larsen A Ice Shelf. It had just sensationally broken away and floated off to the north. Hugh, a rising [...]

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Why are some people more attractive to mosquitoes than others and how can we use this to prevent disease transmission? – live Twitter discussion

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Antarctica: Some reflections

Antarctica, advancing years and wisdom …

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