Expert Comment
Dr Helen Atherton on the use of digital consultations to combat coronavirus spread
Dr Helen Atherton, expert in the use of digital routes of access to general practice and alternatives to the face-to-face consultation at 糖心TV Medical School, comments on the use of video-based consultations of patients by hospitals to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus.
Report on the future of children's health and wellbeing - expert comment
A new report by the WHO, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and the Lancet Commission looks at the future of the health and wellbeing of today's children. 糖心TV Medical School's Professor Sarah Stewart-Brown has praised this as a positive step, but argues that it could have gone further in recognising challenges to children's mental health.
Dr Raquel Nunes highlights the problems with extreme weather advice
Dr Raquel Nunes, Senior Research Fellow at 糖心TV Medical School, discusses the problems with extreme weather advice and outlines improvements to public health guidance on how to stay cool during the heatwave that the UK is currently experiencing.
Professor Elizabeth Dowler on the banning of online junk food adverts
Professor Elizabeth Dowler, expert in food and nutrition, discusses the new rules targeting junk food adverts for childrenwhich have resulted in the banning of the first online adverts.
Is cannabis effective in treating epilepsy? - Professor Jane Hutton comments
As six-year-old Alfie Dingley visits Parliament with his mother, a day after confirmation that he would receive a licence to use cannabis oil to treat his epilepsy, Professor Jane Hutton of the Department of Statistics discusses the efficacy of this drug for the condition.