The man who discovered hay fever

An article on the BBC website that talks about John Bostock and the discover of hay fever as a condition.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28038630

Reduction in tonsillecties and evidence based medicine

What the reduction in tonsillectomies teaches us about medicine.

This is an interesting article in the New York Times that looks at the issue of evidence based practice in medicine and relates it to tonsillectomy surgey.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/upshot/what-the-reduction-in-tonsillectomies-teaches-us-about-medicine.html?_r=0

HPV and Oral cancer infographic

Source: Mount Sinai Medical Center

Cochlear implant surgery live tweeting of surgery

A live tweet of cochlear implant surgery from @swedish a hospital in Seattle USA

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/10/01/hospital-to-perform-first-live-tweetedinstagrammed-hearing-restoration-surgery/

Dentist should be checking for oral cancer

News item covering that dentists should be carrying out oral cancer screening at a routine check up. Although many already do

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19714151

Do painkillers causes deafness

Link to NHS Choices - behind the headlines review of this story
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2012/09September/Pages/Painkiller-deafness-fears.aspx

Possible 'cure' for deafness

Reported here by the BBC and study published in Nature. Stem cell treatment for cochlear nerve damage. early stages as the Gerbils were only followed up for 10 days. Interesting area for further research.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19570024