Why too much medical treatment is causing mor...

Digital technologies are changing how we live, driving innovation and new industries. Governments are eager to foster Silicon Valley-like innovation hotspots in their state or local region. What role should government play in stimulating new industries? Why do plans for high tech ...  عرض المزيد

Queensland Chief Scientist Hugh Possingham is very annoyed with his fellow scientists as well as environmentalist and conservationists: They are too conservative, don’t debate respectfully, are too obsessed with growing their own organisations and can’t compromise a bit. 

America’s medical system, along with most doctors, was not prepared to think outside the box to treat COVID, according to today’s guest. Dr. Mobeen Syed is founder of DrBeen, a medical education program designed to train today’s doctors in medical innovation. He is one of the doc ...  عرض المزيد

New drug-driving legislation which comes into force next week applies to some medicines too. Particularly morphine based painkillers taken by hundreds of thousands of people in the UK, many of whom could inadvertently find themselves on the wrong side of the law. And planning for ...  عرض المزيد

British academic lawyer Professor Sir Ian Kennedy explores the concepts of modern medicine in the second Reith lecture in his series entitled 'Unmasking Medicine'.

In this lecture entitled 'The New Magicians', Sir Ian Kennedy compiles a list of the inappropriate directio ...

Where does a medical cure come from? 100 years ago, it wasn't uncommon for scientists to test medicines by taking a dose themselves. As medical technologies get cheaper and more accessible, patients and DIY tinkerers are trying something similar—and mainstream medicine is racing ...  عرض المزيد