Meg Jorsh speaks to bereavement theory pioneer Linda Machin about her groundbreaking research Grief affects all of us at some point in our lives. When a loved one dies we may feel crushed, overwhelmed. Then it fades to a quiet pain that hides behind everything we do until we finally learn to live with it. […]
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By Meg Jorsh TV physicist Jim Al-Khalili revealed the baffling world of quantum biology in a talk at the North Staffordshire Medical Institute. The BBC star – best known for his Radio 4 show The Life Scientific – joked if the insanely complex subject did not give his listeners a headache, he would not have […]
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More than £100,000 was handed to top local researchers at the annual North Staffordshire Medical Institute awards evening. The money will be used to fund groundbreaking studies into a range of health conditions, including childhood asthma and sleep apnoea, lung disease and brain injuries. Experts in prostate and bladder cancer, bowel disease and health literacy […]
city of culture, medical research awards, north staffordshire medical instituteThe North Staffordshire Medical Institute supports research in a wide range of fields – including substance misuse. We spoke to expert Dr Roger Bloor about his study of cannabis vaporisers. If you believed the manufacturers, you might think that vaporisers were a safe way of using cannabis. The smoke-free inhalers are sold as a harmless way […]
cannabis, North Staffordshire, research, vaporisers, vaporizers, weedInstitute chairman Professor Shaughn O’Brien is set to show off one of his lesser-known talents at a major London art show. The renowned obstetrician will unveil three of his sculptures at the Royal Society of Medicine in London as part of the Medical Art Society’s annual exhibition. His haunting figures and abstract works draw inspiration […]
