Browsing: Devi

When I first started teaching at Oxford in 2005, I would offer “office hours” a couple of times a week. They were literally that – time…

Roughly six years ago, the UK went into its first lockdown as an emergency response to Covid-19. Since then, the government’s many Covid policies, from severe…

There’s no bad time to take a more active interest in your health, but the new year, for lots of us, feels like a fresh start.…

If there has been a hot topic in health in 2025, it’s definitely been GLP-1s, colloquially referred to as “anti-obesity” jabs. These medications, taken weekly as…

You might be feeling stressed out seeing the headlines about “super flu” and comparing the current winter health challenges with 2020 and Covid. Amid all the…

When I mentioned to colleagues in the NHS that I was helping with admissions interviews for medical students, several responded with the same wry smile and…

I’m often asked whether we’re better prepared for the next pandemic. It’s a mixed answer, but the bright spot is scientific progress on vaccines. The Covid…

What we’re putting into our bodies can either nourish us, or make us ill. With that in mind, I wrote recently about the role of food…

Cancer used to be seen as part of ageing: something that mainly afflicted people over the age of 60 or 70. But although it is still…

About 18 months back, British youth were in the midst of a Prime craze. Pushed by YouTube influencers Logan Paul and KSI, this brightly coloured energy…