Annual Prescription Reviews & Patient Rights
Are annual prescription reviews mandatory? Learn your rights across the UK, including consent, blood tests, mental health medication, self-isolation, and GP accountability.
Contrast Dye in Medical Imaging Dangers
The UK sees ~20–30 deaths from anaphylaxis per year, and about half are iatrogenic (triggered by medical treatments such as drugs and, rarely, radiocontrast media). That means a real, though small, number of UK deaths each year fall into the “medical cause” category.
Growing Concern Over Britons Seeking Overseas Medical Treatments
Medical tourism UK, Britons seeking treatment abroad, hair transplants overseas, dental implants abroad, TikTok influencers health campaign, NHS waiting times, risks of medical tourism.
Synthetic Futures or Superhuman Fears? The Genetic Frontier Stirring Global Debate
A groundbreaking and highly controversial scientific initiative is now underway in the UK, as leading British researchers aim to synthesize the first human genome entirely from scratch, not by altering existing DNA, but by building it letter by letter in the lab. Spearheaded by scientists from the University of Oxford, Cambridge, Kent, Manchester, and Imperial College London, this ambitious project is known as the Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG) project and is being funded by the Wellcome Trust, the world’s largest medical research charity.
The Ethics and Legality of Forcing Patients to Undergo Medical Tests
There has been increased debate around the ethics and legality of healthcare practices, especially concerning the disabled community. A particularly controversial issue is whether it is appropriate to mandate that patients undergo tests, such as blood pressure or blood tests, as a condition for continued medication prescriptions.