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The woman who accused the mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor of raping her has won her civil case against him. He has been ordered to pay nearly a quater of a million euros in damages. Mr McGregor says he will appeal. Nuala McGovern speaks to Orla O'Donnell who is the RTE News Legal Affairs Correspondent.A BBC Panorama documentary is out today which asks: Why are more young women dying from alcohol-related liver disease than ever before? The BBC's Hazel Martin, who's 32, was diagnosed with the condition. She's been investigating how she became one of a growing number of young women surprised to discover their social drinking habits had put their lives at risk. Hazel joins Nuala as does Professor Debbie Shawcross, Consultant Hepatologist at Kings College Hospital. Journalist Lili Anolik had already written a book about obscure LA writer Eve Babitz when she read a letter Eve had written but not sent to her sometime friend, the literary superstar Joan Didion. Lili realised that the key to understanding Joan was held by Eve and vice versa and she joins Nuala to discuss her new book, Didion and Babitz.A new play at the Royal Court Theatre in London explores the impact of the child sexual exploitation and grooming scandals that took place in Northern and Midlands towns in England in the late 90s to the early 2010s. Emteaz Hussain, the play's writer, joins Nuala to discuss it.US pop star Chappell Roan has made it onto the shortlist for BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2025. Just a year ago she was a backing singer for Olivia Rodrigo – so what do we know about her? Laura Snapes, deputy music editor at the Guardian, joins Nuala to tell us more.Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Emma Pearce

In this episode, recorded live at Tactical Trauma 2024, Dr Claire Park explores the critical lessons learned from civilian and military incidents, focusing on her extensive experience in the Army and their role as chief investigator in a UK trial examining responses to terrorist attacks.   The talk covers the significance of 'hot zones,' illustrated by detailed analyses of the London Bridge and Fishmongers' Hall attacks and key topics include risk assessment, the importance of rapid medical intervention, the concept of survivability, the need for integrated communication among emergency services, and the human factors influencing decision-making in high-pressure environments. Claire also delves into practical strategies like the 10-second triage and bridging interventions, emphasizing the need for timely and effective medical responses to save lives.   00:00 Introduction to Learning from Incidents 01:52 Setting the Scene: Hot Zones 01:55 Case Study: London Bridge Attack 04:23 Understanding Hot Zones 05:51 Case Study: Fishmongers Hall 07:58 Risk Assessment in Pre-Hospital Care 09:23 Communication and Coordination Challenges 10:16 International Models and Time Management 12:13 Triage and Life-Saving Interventions 15:18 Data and Research on Causes of Death 21:43 Human Factors in Emergency Response 24:00 Conclusion   Dr Claire Park is a consultant in pre-hospital emergency medicine for London's HEMS, as well as anaesthesia and critical care medicine at Kings College Hospital in London. She also is an army consultant with over 20 years of deployed military experience. Claire is the Medical Adviser to the Specialist Firearms teams of the Metropolitan Police Service and has worked closely with all of the emergency services in London on developing the joint response to high-threat incidents, particularly following the attacks of 2017. She is the Chief Investigator on a UK nationally-funded research grant looking at evidence for improving patient outcomes in the hot zone of major incidents. She is also a CTECC Committee member.

In episode 8, we talk to Dr. Tushar Mehta, about how the impact of our food choices goes way beyond climate change. Dr Mehta completed medical school and residency at the University of Toronto.  Currently, he practices Emergency Medicine and participates in international health projects.  Formerly an annual volunteer in rural India, he is now doing work in Haiti  (HEP-Haiti / Ecole Communautaire De Santo).  He has also worked with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and is medical advisor for Project CANOE in Toronto.Along with a small team, Dr. Mehta co-founded Plant Based Data, an online database which collects and organizes academic literature regarding the impact of plant and animal agriculture on health, environment, food security, and pandemics. Dr. Mehta is interested in an evidence and data based approach to health, ecological issues, and global justice issues. For tickets to the 'I could never go vegan' film screening at Kings College Hospital, 2nd May: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-could-never-go-vegan-film-screening-tickets-855878524707 www.plantbaseddata.org  CAPE 2021 Environment and Animal Agriculturehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=_0fqd0AzJak&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=CAPE%7CACME Dr Tushar Mehta's slide deck which he is happy for people to use for education purposes:https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3ya4ks3xepj47zj5l6wzn/2022-03-11-Western-University-Animal-Ag-and-Global-Eco-Impact-Shortest.pptx?rlkey=9lmnrk5rsk7vjj9z6pcs80in2&dl=0 Nicholas Carter's recent report on disinformation from the animal agriculture industry: “Harvesting Denial Distractions & Deception" https://www.thefreedomfoodalliance.org/report/home Nicholas Carter's recent report on GWP* - a methane metric promoted by animal agriculture which undercounts their impact https://changingmarkets.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Seeing-stars-report.pdf State of the Ocean report from Plant Based Data team https://www.plantbaseddata.org/post/stateoftheocean

My guest today is Dr Claire Park. Dr. Park is a Consultant in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine for London HEMS, and Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at Kings College Hospital in London. She is also an army consultant with over 20 years of deployed military experience. Claire is the Medical Adviser to the Specialist Firearms teams of the Metropolitan Police Service and has worked closely with all of the emergency services in London on developing the joint response to high threat incidents, in particular following the attacks of 2017. She is also the Chief Investigator on a UK nationally funded research grant looking at evidence for improving patient outcomes in the hot zone of major incidents.  I am excited to have Claire on the show because she has a unique combination of real-world experience in combat theaters and practical experience and research in civilian tactical law enforcement. She has also been at the forefront of the UK's new approach to mass casualty events and the 10 second triage system.  Contact Info Dr. Claire Park claire@etma.lifeX - @ClairePark01

30 January 2024: We were tackling imposter syndrome with emotional intelligence coach Dr. Béatrice Frank-Fahle. We sort out your social media with Alexandra Maia. We talk to Dr Najm, an award winning heart surgeon who has performed more than 10,000 operations. Olivia Froudkine and Marie-Jeanne Acquaviva are photojournalists and writers behind the new book Dubai Is My Home - celebrating diversity in Dubai. We also caught up with Dr Imtiaz Hashmi, Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon from Kings College Hospital.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Punam is here and she is helping you not over-eat this holiday season with healthy Haniya. Dr Kaser Raja From KINGS helps us look after our livers and we chat with Joe Osawaye, CEO & Owner of KIZA African Restaurant. Need some dating tips? Hunt Etheridge & Eileen Connor are here to help, and if those dating tips help, then you can reach out to Nilisha from Nilisha Bridals for your beautiful and sustainable wedding gown!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Looking after yourself is the best Christmas gift- we speak with Nikki AKA The Scottish Soul Sister and Limiting Beliefs and Mindset Specialist Flora Castillon to find out how  Checking winter travel info with dnata Dr Emran Khan from King's College Hospital discusses weight loss medication And we're talking about habit formation with a behavioural scientist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Maria Karakoulaki specializes in  Aesthetic Gynaecology and she popped into the studio to talk about Postnatal rehabilitation, Non surgical treatments for urinary incontinence and Menopausal problems that functional Gynaecology can help with ( dryness, pain, recurrent infections). Sawsan Aabed says breathwork brought her back from rock bottom and now she wants to help others, aiming to help millionsrelease emotional distress & attain clarity, she's in the studio to help us start our breathwork journey.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members, and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest-risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.Today we are excited to be joined by Professor James Teo. Professor Teo is a Professor of Neurology at Kings College Hospital, and Clinical Director of Data Science and AI at Kings College Hospital and Guys & St Thomas Hospital. He has extensive experience in data science research, including machine vision and clinical natural language processing, as well as clinical trial governance. On top of all that, he continues to be a practicing clinical neurologist treating patients with stroke and neurorehabilitation.

In this #AskAboutAsthma episode, we hear from healthcare professionals working in children and young people's asthma, Senior Asthma Nurse at Kings College Hospital, Sara Latham is joined by Nina Somerville and Dr Niall Durrant. The panel talk about where we are SABA over-reliance, the issues around excessive SABA use, what is the new system, how did a hospital go about phasing it out and lessons learnt along the way.

Clozapine is an important drug in the treatment of schizophrenia, and adherence is generally thought to be as good as, if not better than, other antipsychotics. Nonadherence, however, is difficult to detect and potentially dangerous. Tolerance to the cardiovascular effects of the drug is easily lost; restarting at a “normal” dose can prove fatal after a period of abstinence. Nonadherence also increases the risk of self-harm. In this podcast, Dr. Robert Flanagan, a now-retired clinical scientist at Kings College Hospital in London, discusses his study of nonadherence, as measured by plasma levels of clozapine, in samples submitted to a clozapine therapeutic drug monitoring service from 1993–2017. In thousands of submitted samples, nonadherence was 1.1% for men and 1% for women. Dr. Flanagan discusses both the implications of his research as well its limits. The research is published in the September–October 2023 issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, in an article titled “Assessing Adherence to Clozapine: Practical Considerations.” Dr. Flanagan's coauthors are Samora Hunter and Stephen J. Obee, also of Kings College Hospital.

In this session Eoin speaks with Claire Park on a new primary triage tool developed by Claire and a research team. It has been accepted and agreed by NHS England for use by all UK ambulance services and prospectively by National Police and Fire Services. It has also been adopted by the UK MOD to roll out across all UK military personnel internationally. Claire Park is a Consultant in Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine for London HEMS, and Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at Kings College Hospital in London. She also is an army consultant with over 20 years of deployed military experience. Claire is the medical adviser to the Specialist Firearms teams of the Metropolitan Police Service, and has worked closely with all of the emergency services in London on developing the joint response to high threat incidents, in particular following the attacks of 2017.   She is the Chief Investigator on a UK nationally funded research grant looking at evidence for improving patient outcomes in the hot zone in major incidents and has developed relationships in this area with many members of the Committee Tactical Emergency Casualty Care CTECC over the last 4 to 5 years.

If you've struggled with your gut then you would've come across the term “leaky gut” or may have even been diagnosed with it at some point. Leaky gut syndrome has gained significant attention in recent years, with claims that it may be the root cause of a wide range of health issues, from digestive problems to autoimmune diseases and even mental health conditions. But what exactly is leaky gut, and is it a valid medical diagnosis?In today's episode, Sandra is joined by gastroenterology specialist dietitian, Kirsten Jackson, where they chat about all things leaky! They discuss why this term  has gained attention in alternative and complementary medicine communities, but its recognition and acceptance within the conventional medical community are somewhat divided. What is our intestinal barrier? Are the tests to diagnose leaky gut even valid? If it's not leaky gut then what? Sandra and Kirsten answer the most frequently asked questions about leaky gut syndrome and how they manage their own clients suspecting it. About Kirsten JacksonKirsten Jackson BSc Hons PGCert is a UK consultant dietitian specialising in gut health. Kirsten graduated from The University of Hertfordshire in 2012 before joining the UK national health service where she specialised in gastroenterology. She later went on to complete her post-graduate certificate in Advanced Dietetics at The University of Nottingham. In 2018 Kirsten moved to the UAE as the lead dietitian for Kings College Hospital in Dubai. In this role she was part of the team which developed and opened the first British healthcare facility in the Middle East. Kirsten now runs an online IBS clinic called The Food Treatment Clinic to help those who suffer with the condition. Outside of clinical work, Kirsten is an official media spokesperson for The British Dietetic Association where she has worked on TV and with media outlets such as Cosmopolitan and The Guardian. She is also an expert advisor for the charity, The IBS Network. Excitingly, Kirsten has recently signed a book deal with Bloomsbury Publishing and you will be able to purchase her book in Spring 2024.Website: www.thefoodtreatmentclinic.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.ibsdietitian/Connect with your hosts on LinkedInSandra MikhailWagdy Mikhail For more information visit instagram.com/nutritionaz_by_sandramikhail OR nutritition-az.comThe Gut Chronicles: An uncensored journey into the world of digestive health and illness - Sandra Mikhail's book 

Today the word ‘courage' is the important bit of our theme.  Encouragers give courage and inspire people to be courageous.  I think we have said that word enough times now.  It has sunk in.Let's go back to March 2020.  I had just had surgery in Kings College Hospital, a triple bypass.  If I had known what it entailed, I might not have been able to go ahead.

In this conversation we will examine the fundamentals of human factors with Matt Edwards. We will focus on Human factors from an individual perspective. We will examine some of the seminal cases that Matt has experienced in practice and the concept of routine versus crisis from a checklist perspective. We will also examine how human interactions in healthcare change outcomes, from civility to risk aversion and the concept of trust. We will also examine the mitigation strategies that exist around the way an individual understands their environment can affect their ability to detect and respond to hazards from attention and perception. Also the mitigation of distraction, how to avoid decision-making paralysis, the limitations of memory, the regular attenders of stress and fatigue, and finally the effects of communication on the individual, task and team.  To do I'm speaking with Matt Edwards, Matt is a consultant in Adult and Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Kings College Hospital, London and the lead for major trauma and education in Kings. He is also a HEMS Physician with Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) Air Ambulance and the Polar Medicine course director for World Extreme Medicine. He has held positions as a HEMS Registrar with London's Air Ambulance, a Flight Physician with AMREF Flying Doctors, Nairobi, and a Medical Officer with the British Antarctic Survey. In the conversation we examine: ·      What are human factors from Matt's perspective  ·      How task and individual human factors have affected Matt in the past ·      How checklists work - routine vs crisis & the limitations of short term memory.  ·      Trust as a concept in healthcare teams and organisations - how human interactions in healthcare change outcomes - civility to risk aversion. ·      Fatigue, the regular attender in every clinicians journey ·      Distraction and how that affects performance ·      Decision making paralysis and how to break this ·      Teamwork and communication Please enjoy this wide ranging conversation with Matt.

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Scott quedó impresionado por el impulso y la energía de la banda, y los hermanos Young a su vez se sorprendieron con el experimentado cantante. De esta manera, AC/DC despide en 1974 a Dave Evans, su cantante original, que es reemplazado por Scott. En enero de 1975, grabaron su primer álbum (aunque sólo para Australia), llamado High Voltage. Tomó diez días, y está basado en canciones instrumentales escritas por los hermanos Young, con letras escritas por Scott. Al cabo de unos pocos meses, la formación se estabilizó: Scott, los hermanos Young, el bajista Mark Evans y el batería Phil Rudd. Más tarde, ese mismo año, editaron el sencillo It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll), que se convirtió en su himno. Este tema se incluye en su segundo álbum, T.N.T., que se publicó solo en Australia y Nueva Zelanda. En el álbum aparece otra clásica canción, High Voltage. En 1975, firmaron un contrato internacional con «Atlantic Records» y comenzaron una gira europea mundial, con la que ganaron una valiosa experiencia, tocando junto a grandes del hard rock, como Kiss, Aerosmith, Styx, Blue Öyster Cult y Cheap Trick entre otros. El grupo realizó otros dos discos en Australia: High voltage (1975) y Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976). El material de ambos álbumes sirvió para elaborar el High Voltage para Estados Unidos. En otoño de 1977, publicaron Let There Be Rock. Al año siguiente, se incorporó Cliff Williams, quien es uno de los mejores bajistas, en el disco Powerage. Todos esos álbumes fueron producidos por Vanda y George Young. El ambiente de sus conciertos se refleja en If you want blood, you've got it. AC/DC se fue de gira con artistas como Alice Cooper, Rush, Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Boston, Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick, Heart, Scorpions, Molly Hatchet, Ronnie Montrose, Nazareth, UFO, Journey, Foreigner, Van Halen, Styx, Blue Öyster Cult, Alvin Lee, Rainbow, Savoy Brown, REO Speedwagon, The Doobie Brothers, Thin Lizzy y The Who. Al mando de AC/DC, Scott ha sido uno de los más carismáticos líderes musicales de Australia. Su actitud descarada y bravucona en escena y su peculiar timbre de voz se combinaron para hacer que su imagen sea una de la más recordadas de la historia del rock. Sin embargo, Scott también era conocido por sus problemas con el alcohol, problemas que finalmente serían la causa de su muerte cuando el grupo se encontraba en momento de gran popularidad. Lo que realmente les abrió las puertas al éxito, fue Highway to Hell (1979), producido por Mutt Lange, para muchos su mejor álbum y que alcanzó el puesto número 17 en las listas estadounidenses y el número 8º, en las británicas; fue el primero de sus trabajos en conseguir un millón de copias vendidas y figura en la lista de los 500 álbumes indispensables, elaborada por la revista Rolling Stone. El tema principal del LP, la canción Highway to hell, acabaría convirtiéndose para muchos en todo un himno del rock and roll, de finales de los 70.En la madrugada del martes 19 de febrero de 1980, Bon se dirigió al Music Machine de Camden (actualmente conocido como el Camden Palace) y se retiró del lugar alrededor de las tres de la madrugada junto a su amigo Alistair Kinnear, quien se ofreció para llevarlo hasta su piso en Victoria. Durante el viaje, Kinnear percibió que Bon se había dormido, algo bastante normal para cualquier persona tras una noche de copas. Pero Kinear no pudo ni siquiera sacarlo del coche una vez que llegaron a su destino, y optó por llevárselo a su propia casa, tras no conseguir despertar a Scott y dejarlo en el auto. Quince horas después, al volver al coche y encontrarse con Bon totalmente inconsciente, aterrorizado, lo llevó hasta el Kings College Hospital. Pero la pesadilla se había tornado realidad y Bon ya estaba muerto. Tenía 33 años. La causa certificada de su muerte fue intoxicación etílica y muerte accidental, broncoaspiración; es decir, se ahogó con su propio vómito,. Esto fue desmentido por el mismo Kinear años después en una revista de rock, la cual figura su nombre en la biografía de AC/DC escrita por Susan Massino. Su último álbum de estudio con AC/DC fue Highway to Hell y su última grabación fue la canción Ride On en directo junto a la banda francesa Trust. Pagina Oficial: https://www.acdc.com/Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Biblioteca Del Metal - (Recopilation). 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In this session I am speaking with Claire Park on a new primary triage tool developed by Claire and a research team. It has been accepted and agreed by NHS England for use by all UK ambulance services and prospectively by National Police and Fire Services. It has also been adopted by the UK MOD to roll out across all UK military personnel internationally. Claire Park is a Consultant in Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine for London HEMS, and Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at Kings College Hospital in London. She also is an army consultant with over 20 years of deployed military experience. Claire is the medical adviser to the Specialist Firearms teams of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), and has worked closely with all of the emergency services in London on developing the joint response to high threat incidents, in particular following the attacks of 2017. She is also the Chief Investigator on a UK nationally funded research grant looking at evidence for improving patient outcomes in the hot zone in major incidents and has developed relationships in this area with many members of the Committee Tactical Emergency Casualty Care CTECC over the last 4 to 5 years. In the conversation we examine: 1. Definition of triage as a fundamental baseline. 2. Why need for change - Current standards (START and SMART triage) and the existing and emergent needs from a triage tool. 3. Empirical literature 4. Changes to current practices - Challenges in design/Physiology or not physiology/Bleeding not bleeding/talking/breathing. 5. Design considerations and the inclusion of penetrating injury. 6. Testing of the tool 7. Adoption - Adoption of the tool by various institutions. 8. Improvements expected to be seen on the ground. 8. What's next - Future projects for Claire. The new TST tool can be found here: https://twitter.com/seanharris999/status/1582382980902723584 My thanks to Claire and the team for this insightful interview.

A new survey by strategist Ahamad Abu Zannnad explains how social media has made Arab mums insecureAliya Rajah is helping us be less of a people pleaser Rania Hussant, a Mindful Parent Educator and mum of 5, shares her parenting tips We find our more about Prostate cancer from Dr. Rizwan from Kings College Hospital Dr. Thoiraya explains what a healthy relationship looks likeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 September 2022: We find out why more children are struggling with how they look from Ciarán McBreen and Florence Gillet. We talk about heart disease ahead of World Heart Day.And what causes varicose veins? We ask Dr Murali from Kings College Hospital.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Natalia Spierings is a consultant dermatologist at Kings College Hospital who splits her time between Dubai and the UK. She's also author of the new book Skintelligent and a major voice in the very skincare conversation that dominates social media. But you won't find her endorsing any brands, products or services – and we talk to her today to find out why. Get ready to challenge everything you thought you knew about taking care...

My guest today is Anita Beckwith. Anita leads the Diabetes Specialist Dietitian Team and DAFNE services at Kings College Hospital in London. Anita's practice is heavily embedded within the National DAFNE Consortium. Anita is also a certified fertility dietician. Anita supports many women, men and couples through their fertility journey.  When it comes to preconception for people living with diabetes it has been focused on our glucose levels however Anita provides a more holistic approach to supporting diabetes management, overall nutrition and lifestyle. Useful links:Anita on InstagramFertility.Hormone.Dietician - InstagramAnita's websiteUseful links for AnitaDaniel on InstagramSound from Zapsplat.comA bit about the show and hostThe Talking Type 1 podcast is a diabetes podcast by Daniel Newman. Daniel brings to you interviews with members of the diabetes community sharing their journeys of the ups and downs of living with type 1 diabetes. You'll hear from those who live with type 1 diabetes, provide care to those living with type 1, healthcare professionals and experts in their field. The interviews will be an open and honest insight into life with type 1 diabetes that you can relate to and also provide the opportunity to learn more about the condition. Daniel will share his insights into his life living with type 1 diabetes. Daniel has lived with the condition for over 26 years. He also lives with diabetic retinopathy and received a kidney transplant in 2018. Remember to hit the follow button.

Can weight loss cure eye disease?Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery vs Community Weight Management Intervention for the Treatment of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.Can weight loss cure eye disease? In the case of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH), yes! A/Prof Clare Fraser talks us through the much-awaited follow-up article examining the Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery vs Community Weight Management Intervention for the Treatment of IIH. The main take-away is not pizza – listen in to find out what is it!View article hereClare Fraser completed neuro-ophthalmic training at Moorfields Eye Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology, London. She completed a research fellowship at Emory Eye Centre, Atlanta and was a consultant neuro-ophthalmologist for Moorfields Eye Hospital and Kings College Hospital, London. She is a senior clinical lecturer at the University of Sydney and Macquarie University and consults at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney Eye Hospital and Macquarie University Hospital. She holds several National and International committee positions as a Director on the RANZCO Board and a reviewer for Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology and The American Journal of Ophthalmology. 

With Luis Eduardo Juarez-Orozco, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht - Netherlands & Bram Ruijsink from Kings College Hospital, London - UK. Link to paper Link to editorial

22 March 2022: Are you happy and single, or pining for the one?  Dr Ali Ali from Kings College Hospital is in the studio answering all your health questions. How healthy is a plant-based diet, we find out from the founder of the Hungry Planet. Cynthia Bou Khalil, nutritional consultant talks obesity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 December 2021: Helen chats to a real life millionaire, Junaid, who recently won 50 million dirhams!  Dr. Farooq Khan from Kings College Hospital joins the show to talk about fatty liver and the signs and symptoms and we talk food allergies and intolerances with Dr. Stuart Carr.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 14th October, Tom Garrod started the 253mile Lon Las Cymru Ultramarathon, a grueling race from the north to the south of Wales.  When he reached the finish line, he turned around and raced back to the start alone - all to raise money for Kings College Hospital in memory of Mark Thornberry, a well-known fellow ultra-runner who sadly passed from liver cancer last year. 17 years earlier, Tom was diagnosed with stage IV testicular cancer and given a 5% chance of survival.  In this episode, we hear all about his story of defying those odds and the journey afterward that led him into his amazing achievements as an ultra-athlete and his efforts to raise awareness of testicular cancer. Learn more at https://bustinyourballs.org/ Donate to his Double Lon Las fundraiser here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/doublelonlascymru4thorners Please Note - COLOURFUL LANGUAGE WARNING - there are a few expletives in this interview.

Prof Steve Schey presents a podcast on the Guideline on The management of Castleman disease.   Prof Schey discusses management and best outcome treatments of Castleman disease.   Professor Steve Schey is a Consultant Haematologist and Head of Myeloma Services at Kings College Hospital, London. He is one of the founding members of the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network. He is a trustee of the lymphoma research trust. He is Chairman of the NCRI Myeloma Clinical Trials Committee. He has been Chief Investigator and Co-investigator for a large number of clinical trials. His research interests are in multiple myeloma and the bone marrow microenvironment as potential novel therapeutic targets, and haemopoietic stem cell transplantation

Welcome to the 37th episode of the FYB Rugby Round Table, with the prospect of very little Rugby happening between now and the end of the season, we are giving your clubs the opportunity to come onto the show and have a chat.This week, I'm delighted to be joined by the folks at King's College Hospital RFC for a chat on their past, the present & the future of the club including their Kings Loves Kings initiative.Tune in each week LIVE on https://www.facebook.com/fybrugby on Thursday evenings at 1900GMT.SUPPORT OUR SHOW - GET 10% OFF ANYTHING AT RUGBYSTORE.CO.UK BY USING OUR PROMO CODE FYBPOD AT CHECKOUT!SUPPORT OUR SHOW - https://supporter.acast.com/fyb-rugby-round-tableFollow our social channels -Facebook.com/fybrugbyTwitter - @fyb_rugbyInstagram - @fyb_rugbySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/fyb-rugby-round-table. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

25 February 2021: Dr. Natalia Spierings, Consultant Dermatologist at Kings College Hospital London, came on to bust some skin-related myths this week and offered some important advice when looking for suitable skin-care routines.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's episode I am delighted to introduce Catherine Quinlan to the podcast. Catherine started her pharmacy journey as a STEP Pharmacist at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, London. She completed 3 years in this role whilst undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (PG Dip GPP) with University College London (UCL). She has recently embarked on a new adventure as a Haematology and Oncology Pharmacist at Kings College Hospital, London, and loving it! We discuss the following: - a detailed account of what the STEP Pharmacist role involves and what her personal experience was like - what is involved with UCL postgraduate diploma - how she avoided burnout by managing her time effectively during a residency - interview and job application advice and tips You can follow Catherine on instagram @Catquinlan Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and/or Twitter. Feel free to subscribe to the podcast on your favourite podcast platform so you can be notified when a new episode is released or leave a review on apple podcasts. If you have any suggestions for guests you want me to talk to or if you'd like to come on yourself, please feel free to contact me via social media, or email at info@pharmacistdiaries.com. Check out the Stay Whole website for full access to my show notes. Also subscribe on the website for email news and free content and follow Stay Whole on instagram @staywholelife

Jane is a pharmacist at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester. She lives in Didsbury, South Manchester, with her husband Steve and has two grown-up children. Jane grew up on the border of Sheffield and Derbyshire where her family had lived for generations. Jane enjoyed secondary school, where she gravitated towards the sciences which led her to London to study clinical pharmacy at London University before completing her pre-registration year at St George’s Hospital, and then a two-year Basic Grade Pharmacy at Kings College Hospital. Jane then went overseas to work in a Christian hospital in Northern India which had a focus on supply and quality of products coming into the country. From there, Jane came back to the UK and worked in a number of different hospitals before settling at Wythenshawe Hospital in Greater Manchester, where she works on a part-time basis. To find out more visit: https://interserve.org.uk 

76: Fundraising During A Perfect Storm (Chris Carnie) SUMMARYHow do you fundraise during a perfect storm? Nonprofit leaders are challenged in numerous ways right now, and face uncharted territory in terms of the fundraising environment in which they must operate. While Chris Carnie’s work originates primarily in the UK and Spain, he brings a global perspective to not only the elements of the storm we must understand, but also ways to better navigate through it. In episode #76 of the Path Podcast, Chris and I discuss how this “storm” is affecting the mindset of many philanthropists, why the concept of venture philanthropy is something we must learn, and specific ways nonprofit leaders can advance their careers using prospect research and strategy.ABOUT CHRISChris Carnie has worked in fundraising since 1980, initially with the Muscular Dystrophy Group, Voluntary Service Overseas and Kings College Hospital, London, and was a researcher in the House of Commons. In 1990 he co-founded Factary, Europe’s leading prospect research agency. In 1993 he became the first advancement researcher to be elected a Fellow of the Institute of Fundraising, and in 1999 the first to be appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). He was Founder Chair of Researchers in Fundraising, the Institute of Fundraising special interest group, and is a member of the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (USA) of the Association Française de Fundraisers (France) and of the Asociación de Profesionales de Fundraising (Spain). Chris has also been involved in the development of venture philanthropy in Europe since 2003, as a member of the Finance and Funding Group of the European Venture Philanthropy Association. He is the management level trainer in major gift fundraising at ESSEC for the Association Française de Fundraisers’ postgraduate course. Chris has written several books on fundraising and philanthropy, including Find the Funds – a New Approach to Fundraising Research, Fundraising from Europe, and his latest book, How Philanthropy is Changing Europe. EPISODE TOPICS & RESOURCESChris’ book recommendation: Darren McGarvey’s Poverty SafariAnother global episode: #68 Mike Smith’s 3 “C’s” of Nonprofit LeadershipAND: #40 Andrew Hollo’s What Do I Do with My Nonprofit's Strategic Plan?

Plus, the ARN News Centre's Surina Kelly answers all your burning questions about COVID-19 in the UAE. 

We spoke to Dr Ellie from Kings College Hospital, Dubai. Maz spoke to Dr Ellie Mccarthy from Kings College hospital about Covid-19, what you can do to protect yourself and things you shouldn't ignore.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nanoo Nanoo.Ryan Gosling is going back to space for Andy Weir's next book, which isn't even out yet but is already casting actors. This one has a working title of Project Hail Mary and features a lone scientist on a spaceship trying to save the world. Slightly higher stakes than The Martian, but Andy's books are always great.Astronauts are also going to use pee to build houses on the moon. Let's hope NASA has a large surplus of air fresheners to send up with them, because this cement is probably the most useful way to use human waste on the moon, but it's going to smell.Back on Earth, Niantic are trying to deflate the Pokecoin economy by severely lowering the minimum wage. Nobody seems to be happy with this, but Australia is just the test site, so it's coming to a phone near you soon.This week Professor took a trip to a far away planet to care for slimes, and DJ found out what happens when you swim with the cardsharks.Check in next week for probably less pee jokes. Probably.Andy Weir’s Space Film starring Ryan Gosling-https://variety.com/2020/film/news/phil-lord-chris-miller-ryan-gosling-astronaut-movie-1234607851/Introducing….Piss-ent: the new space cement-https://www.sciencenews.org/article/astronauts-lunar-exploration-cement-urine-urea-3d-printing-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652619340478?via%3DihubPokeCoin: Gotta cash them all-https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/glcywi/tales_from_the_front_one_players_experience_with/Games PlayedProfessor–Slime Rancher – https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/Slime_Rancher/Rating: 2/5DJ–Legends of Runeterra – https://playruneterra.com/en-us/Rating: 4.5/5Other topics discussedThe Martian (The Martian is a 2015 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. The Martian, a 2011 novel by Andy Weir, served as the screenplay adapted by Drew Goddard. The film depicts an astronaut's lone struggle to survive on Mars after being left behind, and efforts to rescue him and bring him home to Earth.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a 2018 American computer-animated superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales / Spider-Man, produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Into_the_Spider-VerseAndy Weir (American novelist whose debut novel in 2011, The Martian, was later adapted into a film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott in 2015.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_WeirSean Bean Death Scene Compilation 1986-2016-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnzk5qAaNLkFirst Man (First Man is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Damien Chazelle and written by Josh Singer. Based on the book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen, the film stars Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong and follows the years leading up to the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in 1969. Steven Spielberg serves as an executive producer.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Man_(film)Interstellar (2014 epic science fiction film directed, co-written and co-produced by Christopher Nolan. It stars Matthew McConaughey. Set in a dystopian future where humanity is struggling to survive, the film follows a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole near Saturn in search of a new home for humanity.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_(film)Raid: Shadow Legends (freemium mobile and PC game developed and published by Israeli game developer Plarium Games.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid:_Shadow_Legends-https://raidshadowlegends.com/Girl being hit by a truck while playing Pokémon Go-https://time.com/4405221/pokemon-go-teen-hit-by-car/Pokémon Go disrupt a funeral-https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-08/pokemon-go-blamed-for-brisbane-funeral-disturbance/7700332List of highest-grossing mobile games-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_mobile_gamesHarry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery forces you to pay - or wait - to save a kid from being strangled.-https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-04-27-harry-potter-hogwarts-mystery-is-ruined-by-its-in-game-paymentsHarry Potter mobile game maker defends child-choking scene which asks you to wait or pay money-https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-05-31-harry-potter-mobile-game-maker-defends-child-choking-scene-which-asks-you-to-wait-or-pay-moneyPokémon Go Hits $3B in Lifetime Revenue-https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pokemon-go-hits-3-billion-lifetime-revenue-1250983Wall-E: Do not Return to Earth Scene played by Fred Wllard-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNXNkdZVqs4Groucho Marx’s look-https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Groucho_Marx_-_portrait.jpgRC2014 is a simple 8 bit Z80 based modular computer originally built to run Microsoft BASIC. It is inspired by the home built computers of the late 70s and computer revolution of the early 80s.-https://rc2014.co.uk/Sgt. Slaughter On The Time Andre The Giant Fell Asleep Mid-Match-https://www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/1060153-andre-the-giant-sgt-slaughter-zzzzAndre The Giant (2018 TV documentary film based on the life of French professional wrestler and actor André René Roussimoff (better known as André the Giant).)-https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6543420/Star Wars Day (Star Wars Day, May 4, celebrates George Lucas's Star Wars media franchise. Even though the holiday was not created or declared by Lucasfilm, many Star Wars fans across the world have chosen to celebrate the holiday. It has since been embraced by Lucasfilm and parent company Disney as an annual celebration of Star Wars.-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_DayAn Assemblage of Grandiose and Bombastic Grandiloquents (TNC podcast)-https://thatsnotcanon.com/grandiloquentspodcastHeavenly Shows and Unnecessary Letters (TNC Podcast)-https://thatsnotcanon.com/heavenlyshowspodcastShout Outs15 May 2020 – Fred Wilard passes away at 86 - https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2020/05/16/comic-fred-willard-dies-at-86/#5461bf6d7f10Frederick Charles Willard, was an American actor, comedian and writer. He was best known for his roles in the Rob Reiner mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap; the Christopher Guest mockumentaries Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration and Mascots; and the Anchorman films. Willard’s other recurring sitcom roles included Family Matters,Sister, Sister, Mad About You, and Everybody Loves Raymond (the latter which resulted in Primetime Emmy nominations for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy for three consecutive years). He even appeared as the only human character in the animated film "WALL-E," a first for a Pixar film. Willard was one of Hollywood's busiest comedic actors with a career that lasted more than 50 years, playing clueless characters such as sidekick Jerry Hubbard on the satire "Fernwood 2 Night" in the 1970s. He recently finished filming the Netflix series “Space Force,” where he played actor Steve Carell’s father. He died from natural causes in Los Angeles, California.18 May 2020 – Ken Osmond passes away at 87 - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/arts/television/ken-osmond-eddie-haskell-dead.htmlKen Osmond, who played the duplicitous teenager Eddie Haskell on the long-running sitcom “Leave It to Beaver,” one moment a smarmy young man when talking to parents, the next moment a devilish troublemaker when the adults were out of sight. Mr. Osmond appeared in all six seasons of “Leave It to Beaver,” 1957 to 1963, one of the most-watched television sitcoms of the era, then reprised the role as an adult version of Eddie in the Disney Channel revival series “The New Leave It to Beaver” in the 1980s. After Leave It to Beaver ended in 1963, Osmond continued to make occasional appearances on such television series as CBS's Petticoat Junction, The Munsters, and a final return appearance on Lassie in the episode "A Matter of Seconds" as a motorcycle delivery man who offers the hitchhiking collie a lift in his sidecar. However, he found himself typecast as Eddie Haskell and had difficulty finding steady work. In 2008, Osmond told radio host Stu Shostak in a radio interview, "I was very much typecast. It's a death sentence. In Hollywood you get typecast. I'm not complaining because Eddie's been too good to me, but I found work hard to come by. In 1968, I bought my first house, in '69 I got married, and we were going to start a family and I needed a job, so I went out and signed up for the LAPD. As an officer on motorcycle patrol, he grew a mustache to disguise himself. In 1980, he was shot three times in a chase with a suspected car thief but escaped serious injury: One bullet was stopped by his belt buckle, the others by his bulletproof vest. He was put on disability and retired from the force in 1988. He died from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and peripheral artery disease in Los Angeles, California.19 May 2020 – Red Dead Redemption Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/red-dead-redemption-turns-10-years-old/1100-6477391/On May 18, 2010, Rockstar Games released Red Dead Redemption, an open-world Western video game, on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Universally acclaimed for its artistry, dramatic storytelling, and freedom of choice, the game sold 17 million copies. But despite the game's reputation today, it's important to remember a time when its success wasn't certain, and Rockstar's developers sought to distinguish it from the studio's prior accomplishments. It subsequently attained a 95 on Metacritic and received over 170 Game of the Year Rewards. It led to a revitalized interest in the Western genre, especially the "Spaghetti Western"revisionist works by Sergio Leone and Sergio Corbucci. And after eight years, players got a sprawling prequel, Red Dead Redemption 2, which built upon and deepened the themes of its predecessor. Taken together, the two games are an American epic about modernization, betrayal, and the demons of the past. The West may be dead, but that won't stop us from reminiscing and keeping its memory alive.Remembrances19 May 1825 – Henri de Saint-Simon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Saint-SimonClaude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, often referred to as Henri de Saint-Simon. He created a political and economic ideology known as Saint-Simonianism that claimed that the needs of anindustrial class, which he also referred to as the working class, needed to be recognized and fulfilled to have an effective society and an efficient economy. He said the primary threat to the needs of the industrial class was another class he referred to as the idling class, that included able people who preferred to be parasitic and benefit from the work of others while seeking to avoid doing work. Saint-Simon stressed the need for recognition of the merit of the individual and the need for hierarchy of merit in society and in the economy, such as society having hierarchical merit-based organizations of managers and scientists to be the decision-makers in government. Saint Simon's conceptual recognition of broad socio-economic contribution, and his Enlightenment valorization of scientific knowledge, soon inspired and influenced utopian socialism, liberal political theorist John Stuart Mill, anarchism through its founder Pierre-Joseph Proudhon who was inspired by Saint-Simon's thought and Marxism with Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels identifying Saint-Simon as an inspiration to their ideas and classifying him among the utopian socialists. He died from suicide at the age of 64 in Paris.19 May 1935 - T. E. Lawrence - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._E._LawrenceColonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer. He was renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title used for the 1962 film based on his wartime activities. In 1916, he was sent to Arabia on an intelligence mission and quickly became involved with the Arab Revolt as a liaison to the Arab forces, along with other British officers. He worked closely with Emir Faisal, a leader of the revolt, and he participated, sometimes as leader, in military actions against the Ottoman armed forces, culminating in the capture of Damascus in October 1918. After the war, Lawrence joined the Foreign Office, working with the British government and with Faisal. In 1922, he retreated from public life and spent the years until 1935 serving mostly in the Royal Air Force, with a brief period in the Army. For the RAF, he participated in the development of rescue motorboats. In the inter-war period, the RAF's Marine Craft Section began to commission air-sea rescue launches capable of higher speeds and greater capacity. The arrival of high-speed craft into the MCS was driven in part by Lawrence. He had previously witnessed a seaplane crew drowning when the seaplane tender sent to their rescue was too slow in arriving. He worked with Hubert Scott-Paine, the founder of the British Power Boat Company (BPBC), to introduce the 37.5 ft (11.4 m) long ST 200 Seaplane Tender Mk1 into service. These boats had a range of 140 miles when cruising at 24 knots and could achieve a top speed of 29 knots. He died from a traffic collision at the age of 46 in Bovington Camp, Dorset.19 May 2009 - Robert F. Furchgott – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._FurchgottRobert Francis Furchgott, Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems. In 1978, Furchgott discovered a substance in endothelial cells that relaxes blood vessels, calling it endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF). By 1986, he had worked out EDRF's nature and mechanism of action, and determined that EDRF was in fact nitric oxide (NO), an important compound in many aspects of cardiovascular physiology. This research is important in explaining a wide variety of neuronal, cardiovascular, and general physiologic processes of central importance in human health and disease. In addition to receiving the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of nitric oxide as a new cellular signal—shared in 1998 with Louis Ignarro and Ferid Murad. Furchgott's discovery, that NO gas causes blood vessels to dilate, provided a long sought-after explanation for the therapeutic effects of Nitroglycerin used to treat Angina pectoris and was later instrumental in the development of the erectile dysfunction treatment drug Viagra. He died at the age of 92 in Seattle, Washington.Famous Birthdays19 May 1942 - Gary Kildall - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_KildallAmerican computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur who created the CP/M operating system and founded Digital Research, Inc. (DRI). Kildall was one of the first people to see microprocessors as fully capable computers, rather than equipment controllers, and to organize a company around this concept. Although his career in computing spanned more than two decades, he is mainly remembered in connection with IBM's unsuccessful attempt in 1980 to license CP/M for the IBM Personal Computer. Kildall and his wife Dorothy established a company, originally called "Intergalactic Digital Research" (later renamed as Digital Research, Inc.), to market CP/M through advertisements in hobbyist magazines. Digital Research licensed CP/M for the IMSAI 8080, a popular clone of the Altair 8800. As more manufacturers licensed CP/M, it became a de facto standard and had to support an increasing number of hardware variations. In response, Kildall pioneered the concept of a BIOS, a set of simple programs stored in the computer hardware (ROM or EPROM chip) that enabled CP/M to run on different systems without modification. CP/M's quick success took Kildall by surprise, and he was slow to update it for high density floppy disks and hard disk drives.After hardware manufacturers talked about creating a rival operating system, Kildall started a rush project to develop CP/M 2. By 1981, at the peak of its popularity, CP/M ran on 3000 different computer models and DRI had US$5.4 million in yearly revenues. He was born in Seattle, Washington.19 May 1944 – Peter Mayhew - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_MayhewPeter William Mayhew, was an English-American actor, best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series. He played the character in all of his live-action appearances from the 1977 original to 2015's The Force Awakens before his retirement from the role. When casting the original Star Wars (1977), director George Lucas needed a tall actor who could fit the role of the hairy alien Chewbacca. He originally had in mind 6-foot-6-inch (1.98m) bodybuilder David Prowse, but Prowse chose to play Darth Vader. This led Lucas to cast Mayhew, who was working as an orderly in the radiology department of King's College Hospital, London. He became aware of a casting call for Star Wars which was filming at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire. The 7-foot-3-inch (2.21m) tall actor was immediately cast as Chewbacca after he stood up to greet Lucas. Mayhew continued working as an orderly—at Mayday Hospital (now Croydon University Hospital)—in between filming the original Star Wars trilogy. Mayhew modelled his performance of Chewbacca after researching the behaviour of bears, monkeys and gorillas he saw at London Zoo. Lucas said Mayhew was "the closest any human being could be to a Wookiee: big heart, gentle nature and I learnt to always let him win". The character did not have any lines, the sounds he made being derived from sound recordings of animal noises. While Mayhew portrayed Chewbacca in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, he was not in Star Wars: The Last Jedi but was listed in the credits as "Chewbacca Consultant". He was born in Barnes, Surrey.19 May 1946 – André the Giant - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_GiantAndré René Roussimoff, best known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. Roussimoff stood at over seven feet tall, which was a result of gigantism caused by excess growth hormone, and later resulted in acromegaly. It also led to his being called "The Eighth Wonder of the World". He found success as a fan favorite throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, appearing as an attraction for various professional wrestling promotions. During the 1980s wrestling boom he was paired with the villainous manager Bobby Heenan and feuded with Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The two famously headlined WrestleMania III in 1987. Outside of wrestling, he was best known for appearing as Fezzik, the giant in The Princess Bride. After his death in 1993, he became the inaugural inductee into the newly created WWF Hall of Fame. He was later a charter member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame; the latter describes him as being "one of the most recognizable figures in the world both as a professional wrestler and as a pop culture icon." Towards the end of his career, Roussimoff starred in several films. He appeared most notably as Fezzik, his own favorite role, in the 1987 film The Princess Bride. Both the film and his performance retain a devoted following. In shoot interviews, wrestlers have stated that he was so proud of being in "Princess Bride", he carried a copy of the movie everywhere he went, to watch whenever he could. Roussimoff has been unofficially crowned "the greatest drunk on Earth"for once consuming 119 12-US-fluid-ounce (350ml) beers (in total, over 41 litres (72imp pt)) in six hours. He was born in Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne.19 May 1955 – James Gosling - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_GoslingJames Arthur Gosling, often referred to as "Dr. Java", Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language. He wrote a version of Emacs called Gosling Emacs (Gosmacs) while working toward his doctorate. He built a multi-processor version of Unix for a 16-way computer system while at Carnegie Mellon University, before joining Sun Microsystems. He also developed several compilers and mail systems there. He is known as the father of the Java programming language. He got the idea for the Java VM while writing a program to port software from a PERQ by translating Perq Q-Code to VAX assembler and emulating the hardware. He created the original design of Java and implemented the language's original compiler and virtual machine. He also invented an early Unix windowing system called NeWS, which became a lesser-used alternative to the still used X Window, because Sun did not give it an open source license. He is known for his love of proving "the unknown" and has noted that his favorite irrational number is √2. He has a framed picture of the first 1,000 digits of √2 in his office. He was born near Calgary, Alberta.Events of Interest18 May 1980 – Eruption of Mount St. Helens - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._HelensOn March 27, 1980, a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States. It initiated as a series of phreatic blasts from the summit then escalated on May 18, 1980, as a major explosive eruption. The eruption, which had a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5, was the most significant to occur in the contiguous 48 U.S. states. It has often been declared the most disastrous volcanic eruption in U.S. history. The eruption was preceded by a two-month series of earthquakes and steam-venting episodes, caused by an injection of magma at shallow depth below the volcano that created a large bulge and a fracture system on the mountain's north slope. An eruption column rose 80,000 feet (24km; 15mi) into the atmosphere and deposited ash in 11 U.S. states and significant ash in two Canadian provinces. At the same time, snow, ice and several entire glaciers on the volcano melted, forming a series of large lahars (volcanic mudslides) that reached as far as the Columbia River, nearly 50 miles (80km) to the southwest. hermal energy released during the eruption was equal to 26 megatons of TNT. Hundreds of square miles were reduced to wasteland, causing over $1 billion in damage (equivalent to $3.4 billion in 2019), thousands of animals were killed, and Mount St. Helens was left with a crater on its north side. More than 4,000,000,000 board feet (9,400,000m3) of timber was damaged or destroyed, mainly by the lateral blast. At least 25% of the destroyed timber was salvaged after September 1980. In areas of thick ash accumulation, many agricultural crops, such as wheat, apples, potatoes and alfalfa, were destroyed. As many as 1,500 elk and 5,000 deer were killed, and an estimated 12 million Chinook and Coho salmon fingerlings died when their hatcheries were destroyed.19 May 1999 – Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace was released - https://www.scifihistory.net/may-19.htmlOn this day in 1999, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace was released theatrically ... and most of us came crashing understandably back to Earth. Employment consultant firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas estimated that 2.2 million full-time employees missed work to attend the film, resulting in a US$293 million loss of productivity. According to The Wall Street Journal, so many workers announced plans to view the premiere that many companies closed on the opening day. The release on May 19, 1999 of the first new Star Wars film in 16 years was accompanied by a considerable amount of attention. The Phantom Menace was released almost 16 years after the premiere of the previous Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi. The film's premiere was extensively covered by media and was greatly anticipated because of the large cultural following the Star Wars saga had cultivated. It grossed more than $924.3 million (equivalent to $1.42 billion in 2019) worldwide during its initial theatrical run, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1999, the second-highest-grossing film worldwide and in North America (behind Titanic), and the highest-grossing Star Wars film at the time.19 May 2005 – Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith was released - https://www.scifihistory.net/may-19.htmlGeorge Lucas brought his Prequel Trilogy to its tragic close when Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith finally showed audiences what exactly went down when Jedi Master Anakin Skywalker embraced his inner demons and took the path to the Dark Side of the Force. Luke and Leia were born, delivering the film's only true hint of what things would inevitably lead to their father's redemption, but an Empire was forged in darkness once and for all on this day. Its theatrical release in most other countries took place on May 19 to coincide with the 1999 release of The Phantom Menace (the 1977 release of A New Hope and the 1983 release of Return of the Jedi were also released on the same day and month, six years apart).IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rssInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/General EnquiriesEmail - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comRate & Review us on Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/nerds-amalgamated-623195

In the early stages of the pandemic, the medical workforce across trusts in London underwent many strategic changes, with trainees being deployed to different sites and disciplines causing disruption to normal working patterns and training pathways. In this episode we are in conversation with the Director of Medical Education across different London trusts and the chair-elect of the NACT (National Association of Clinical Tutors) Council to explore the different strategies and approaches used, the role of the medical education departments and the challenges faces by trainees and supervisors and how they were overcome. If you would like to give us some feedback our Episode 2 of our Pandemic Podcast you can find a feedback form on our website. Bios: Dr Jo Szram is a consultant respiratory physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital, chair-elect of the NACT council and a deputy dean in London. Dr Dan Bailey is a consultant in geriatric and general medicine at King's College Hospital, associate director of medical education, champion for Supported Return to Training and training programme director IMT in South West London. Dr Louise Schofield is a consultant in palliative care and director of medical education at Barnet Hospital. Dr Karwai Tsang is the Chief Registrar at Kings College Hospital and ST7 in Acute Medicine.

Episode 19 - Team Building and Teamwork: Interview With Oliver Bailey from Harvest for Heroes The son of publicans from South London, Oliver Bailey attended Dulwich College school, leaving in 1994. Beginning his career in Recruitment, he founded his first businesses in 1998. He has since owned and acquired further businesses in varying fields, including Information Technology, Construction, and Energy. In recent years, Oliver has focussed on Healthcare, where is an owner and Director of Remedy Healthcare Solutions, a leading provider of insourced and outsourced diagnostic services to the NHS. He recently founded Harvest For Heroes, a fundraising initiative to supply free, fresh produce to our NHS front line workers. Today, we discuss teamwork in more detail. You Can Read the Transcript of Our Interview Below: Nathan Simmonds: Welcome to Sticky Interviews. I'm Nathan Simmonds, Senior Leadership Coach and Trainer for MBM, Making Business Matter, the home of Sticky Learning. We are the provider of leadership development and soft skills training to the grocery and manufacturing industry. The idea of these interviews is to share great ideas, great concepts, and great ways these skills are being used to help you be the best version of you in the work that you do. Welcome to the show. Nathan Simmonds: Today I am speaking with an interesting, exceptional, and very focused individual. I've seen some of his posts on LinkedIn, I've seen the interviews on the BBC News, and I had to reach out and have a conversation with this gentleman about his work, what he's doing right now in the midst of COVID-19, if we're in the middle of it, the beginning of it, the end of it, I have no idea. Nathan Simmonds: With the stresses that the services, our national services are experiencing, Oliver stepped up in this, pivoted with his business idea, and he's supporting them with fresh fruit and vegetables, and providing this to NHS workers because they're under so much stress they're not able to think and make healthy decisions about what they're doing in their grocery shopping. He's stepping in with a charity organization that makes this happen for them at their doorstep, delivering them fresh fruit and vegetables at the hospitals, at source, at location to help them so they can focus their thinking onto the most important task, which is making sure people live. I don't think I can be any more explicit about that, to be honest, Oliver. Oliver Bailey: No, that's pretty good. Team building and team work with Oliver Bailey   Nathan Simmonds: I said this before, and I was going to say it again, from me, and from everyone already you're helping no doubt you're getting loads of thanks for this, I want to say thank you from us, from everyone else that you've touched. You're doing incredible work. Please, explain why you do what you do, what you're doing in probably a clearer way than I could ever imagine to. Oliver Bailey: Well, I appreciate your support on this, Nathan, and anyone's interest in it. That's great and it really helps keep us all going. This all started off at Harvest for Heroes, well, I found myself, like lots of people at the moment, with a fair bit of down time that'd been imposed on me, or I should say working from home, and with working from home, a real slow down in my business. As you know, with all the weight of the world, there's only so much you can do at this time because everyone else is busy. I work with the NHS in my professional life, so they've all been dragged away on things far more important than talking to me. Oliver Bailey: So I found myself with a bit of time on my hands, and I wanted to do something for my local hospital, which is here in London, Kings College Hospital. I've got a lot of love for them. Two of my children were born there. My son, Henry, was born a couple of years ago there with a rare form of spina bifida, and a really stressful time for us all looking back. When he was a year old,

In this special episode, Amy and Emily speak to Caroline Jolley (King's College London, UK and King's College Hospital, UK), Dean Willis (University College London, UK) and Georgina Ellison-Hughes (King’s College London, UK) about the novel coronavirus. They discuss the role of physiologists in the COVID-19 crisis and explore some possible avenues for developing treatments for the disease, including drug repurposing and mesenchymal stem cell transplants.

Texte: Un patient à l'hôpital King's College a joué du violon alors que les chirurgiens l'opéraient pour lui retirer une tumeur du cerveau. Traduction: A patient at King's College Hospital played the violin while surgeons operated on her brain to remove a tumour.

Those of you who are consultant intensivists or attendings hopefully remember most of your trainees - especially the ones you met when you were a brand new intensivist. In this episode I speak with Dr Georg Auzinger who in 1997 moved from Austria to Australia to train in intensive care at the same ICU I was beginning my first job as a specialist intensivist. I have fond memories of working with Georg, have enjoyed the friendship we have developed and have been thrilled to see from afar how well his career has progressed. Nowadays Georg has a senior position in the United Kingdom intensive care field where he is Consultant Honorary Senior Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine, Lead Clinician at the Liver Intensive Care Unit and Director of the Veno Arterial ECMO service at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London. He is PTEeXAM board certified for perioperative transoesophageal echocardiography and also leads on critical care echocardiography training. Georg has played a substantial role in the outstanding international reputation the Liver Intensive Care Unit at King’s has maintained over the last decade. He is member and associate fellow of the UK Intensive Care Society, as well as member of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the Austrian Society of Internal Medicine and the International Liver Transplantation Society. In this conversation, Georg and I do some reminiscing, as we talk about: His transition from doing general medicine in Austria to intensive care in Australia How he found his way to Kings College Hospital in London The changes in the last 2 decades in the types of patients being admitted to ICU The current resource constraints in the UK Working in the Clinical Director role in a busy institution How beneficial colleague performance reviews can be for both parties Relationship building between nurses and doctors Communicating with colleagues The importance of keeping the patient at the centre of what we do The difficulties he recognises in balancing his work and life   Please enjoy listening to Dr Georg Auzinger.   Andrew Davies   --------------------   About the Mastering Intensive Care podcast: The podcast is aimed to inspire and empower you to bring your best self to the intensive care unit, through conversations with thought-provoking guests. The hope is you’ll glean insights to move you closer towards being the best and most human healthcare professionals you can be, so you can make the most valuable contribution to your patient’s lives.   --------------------   Links related to Georg Auzinger Dr Georg Auzinger at Kings College Kings College Hospital Liver ICU   Links to other resources (in order of mentioning) Prof Julia Wendon Cleveland Clinic London New Normal Project podcast   Links related to Mastering Intensive Care podcast Mastering Intensive Care podcast - Episode 3 with Rinaldo Bellomo Mastering Intensive Care podcast - Episode 12 with Julia Wendon Mastering Intensive Care podcast - Episode 55 with Mervyn Singer Mastering Intensive Care podcast - Episode 56 - What’s in the Journals to help you care Mastering Intensive Care podcast Mastering Intensive Care page on Facebook Mastering Intensive Care at Life In The Fast Lane Andrew Davies on Twitter: @andrewdavies66 Andrew Davies on Instagram: @andrewdavies66 Andrew Davies on LinkedIn Email Andrew Davies Audio Producer Chris Burke Burke Sound & Media

My guest in this episode is the lovely and amazing Dr. Michael Brady. Michael is a very important Doctor within the UK's NHS and husband to celebrity hairstylist Mathew Soobroy. In April 2019 Michael was appointed as the first ever National Advisor for LGBTQ+ Health with the aim being to reduce health inequalities for LGBTQ+ communities and improve their experience of health and social care. After studying Medicine in Nottingham and moving around the UK with the NHS, he ended up at the Kings College Hospital in Brixton, South London, as a HIV and sexual health consultant. Michael eventually became clinical lead for Sexual Health services at Kings College Hospital and also a trustee of the Terrence Higgins Trust (the largest HIV and sexual health charity in Europe) where in 2007 he was appointed as their first Medical Director. I met Michael in my home in London to chat about his life, HIV and why he took on his newly created role for the UK.

This bonus podcast episode is from This is Money's new special series Making the Money Work, in partnership with the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Andi Peters and Simon Lambert talk to record-breaking Atlantic solo rower Kiko Matthews. How do you fund a life less ordinary? For most of us financial life means paydays, bills, mortgages and attempts to save or invest, but for others it is very different. If you decide to row the Atlantic, are an Olympic boxer, or have made a career out of having adventures or doing comedy, what on earth do you do with your finances? In our new special podcast series Making the Money Work, in partnership with the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, we talk earnings, budgeting and savings with those whose lives and finances roam far from the norm. The five podcasts are hosted by Andi Peters, alongside This is Money’s Simon Lambert, and every fortnight over the next ten weeks you can listen to a new interview with a different special guest about their financial lives. This is Money’s Podcast will continue to appear each Friday as usual, and the Making the Money Work podcasts will be published fortnightly as a bonus episode in the feed. The first episode features Kiko Matthews, who on 22 March 2018, became the fastest woman to row the Atlantic, solo and unsupported, over 49 days, 7 hours and 15 minutes.  Through sponsorship of her world record attempt she raised more than £105,000 for King's College Hospital by the end of that year. But that isn’t even half the story, because in 2009 Kiko had been diagnosed with Cushings Disease, a rare and life-threatening condition, which causes tumours on the pituitary gland that controls the body’s hormones. That life-changing discovery led her to quit her job as a science teacher, qualify as a paddle-boarding instructor and set up her own business, before deciding to row the Atlantic, despite not being a rower. Midway through her training in 2017, her Cushings Disease returned and although she had to undergo neurosurgery, Kiko pushed on with her Atlantic rowing attempt. Since then, Kiko has focussed on environmental campaigning and recently cycled round the coasts of Britain and Ireland completing beach cleans. On this podcast, Kiko tells us her fascinating story, discusses her finances - and reveals just how you go about funding rowing the Atlantic.

Machine learning is revolutionising healthcare provision and delivery, from mobilising previously inaccessible data sources to generating increasingly powerful algorithmic constructs for prognostic modelling. However, it is becoming increasingly obvious that if we do not learn from the mistakes of our past, that we are doomed to repeat them; if it isn’t already too late… In this (irreverent and misleadingly titled) talk, Dr. Bilal Mateen will discuss the importance of definitions, revisit a series of hard truths, and share the story of the world’s most complex and protracted game of 20 questions, all in an effort to highlight the importance of being able to tell the difference between good (data) science and a multi-million-dollar advertising campaign. About the speaker Bilal is a clinical data science fellow at the Alan Turing Institute, a clinical-academic trainee at Kings College Hospital, and an honorary researcher at Warwick University & The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

in-conversation with ... a business podcast from Global Cosmetics News is a panel discussion about interesting things with interesting people all whom just happen to have a connection with the cosmetics industry. Hosted by Georgina Caldwell, Global Cosmetics News Editor who was joined in this episode by the following guests: Dr Sweta Rai -Consultant Dermatologist and Dermatologic Surgeon, Kings College Hospital, Isa Lavahun - Head of Digital for Cosmetify and Tisha Thompson - Global Head Marketing and Innovation PUR Cosmetics.

Claire is a Consultant in Prehospital Care with London’s Air Ambulance (aka London HEMS) and in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Trauma at Kings College Hospital. She also has 19 years of military experience, including numerous operational deployments, and has been the Clinical Governance Lead for the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT). International experience of prehospital care and trauma systems, including fellowships in Baltimore, and in both military and civilian environments, have given her extensive experience to bring to her current roles and in addition as the Medical Adviser to the armed police in London.

In June 1989 fantastic Toby was born. However during pregnancy Kyprus Nikoladies saw Kelly(Barry Stickings wife) at Kings College Hospital where we were told Toby had a severe kidney condition from a scan whilst in the womb. When Toby was born what we did not expect was the fact that Toby was born without eyes. A condition called Bilateral Anophthalmia. ‘I have always wanted to set up a separate support group to help families and children who have been affected by the one condition Bilateral Anophthalmia the absence of both eyes. So on 13 th February I launched BAAM Bilateral Anophthalmia and Me.' – Barry Stickings

In terms of career variety, I doubt if many  can match Nick Leach’s 4 decades in hospitality. One of his first jobs was working as the King of Saudi Arabia’s personal chef on a £9 million motor yacht. After that he found himself ‘catering to excess’, for merchant bankers in London, where £25,000 a week was set aside for caviar alone – served in huge swan ice carvings. This was in stark contrast to his next role as General Manager at Kings College Hospital, where his daily budget per patient was £1.76 – and that had to cover 7 hot drinks a day, in addition to breakfast, lunch and dinner. For the last 18 years he’s been drawing on this wealth experience to manage the catering at the University of Portsmouth.  In any one week he has a potential 29,000 hungry students and staff to feed…and he still makes time to take his chefs to see local food producers – from the organic dairy and flour mill to the free-range chicken farm. Amazing man, amazing stories.  Enjoy!  

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We have had two articles published recently on bmj.com, looking at drug prevention of HIV; PeP - Post-exposure Prophylaxis and PreP - Pre-exposure Prophylaxis, neither prevent the virus from entering the body, but they do prevent the infection from taking hold. There are lots of questions that doctors have about these - what are the risk profiles of patients who should be offered the treatments? How can they be prescribed? What are the side effects? And if you're in England, where PreP is not yet available on the NHS, can doctors advise their patients to buy it online? Michael Brady, Sexual health and HIV consultant at Kings College Hospital and Medical Director of the Terrence Higgins Trust, joins us to help answer those questions. Further reading BMJ article on PeP https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4928 BMJ article on PreP BASHH guidelines on PreP - https://www.bashhguidelines.org/media/1189/prep-2018.pdf https://iwantprepnow.co.uk http://www.aidsmap.com/

In 2009, Kiko Matthews had a nearly fatal brain tumour, which resulted in Cushing's disease. She was treated at King's College Hospital, and had to undergo neurosurgery. In August 2017, she had another tumour, which occurred while she was training for the Atlantic crossing. On 22 March 2018, she became the fastest female to row the Atlantic, solo and unsupported. Here she tells her incredible story of illness, adventure and of the time she forced Boris Becker to feel her guns!

Many of us have received treatments for our mental health. These can range from a drug, to talking therapy and, at the extreme end, to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). But how often do we think about why we're getting that treatment and what the evidence behind it is? In our latest episode, in partnership with the British Journal of Psychiatry, we look at the pros and cons of the randomised controlled trial - the accepted gold standard for health research for a long time. We also discuss realist approaches - what they are and how they could help us. We're joined on this episode by Derek Tracy (psychiatrist in South London and Kings College Hospital, and sits on the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Psychiatry), Victoria Zamperoni (Senior Research Officer at the Mental Health Foundation), Josefien Breedvelt (Research Manager at the Mental Health Foundation), and one of the authors of the paper we are discussing, David Crepaz-Keay, who is also Head of Empowerment and Social Inclusion at the Mental Health Foundation. We also discuss what's been in the news in mental health recently, including student mental health and children's mental health in crisis.

Former Team USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was jailed for 175 years, after he was convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault. We speak to Katherine Starr who created Safe 4 Athletes, an organisation protecting athlete welfare, who says the first gymnast came to her to report sexual abuse in US Gymnastics. Kiko Matthews will try to break the world record for rowing solo across the Atlantic, despite having little or no experience in a boat. She will be raising money for Kings College Hospital in London, to say thank you for the treatment she received for a rare and life threatening condition: Cushing Disease. And we speak to the Reggae Rollers, Jamaica's first ever lawn bowls team.

In our final MM2017 episode, we speak to Rahul Singal Associate Chief Pharmacist - Operational Productivity at Kings College Hospital in London. Rahul was a keynote speaker at SHPA MM2017. We talk to Rahul about: The future for pharmacists in the UK and Australia How pharmacists can improve patient safety at transitions of care Models for pharmacist prescribing Professional responsibilities and expanded roles

Mental Health Foundation and The British Journal of Psychiatry podcast This episode discusses themes around the paper: ‘Mortality gap for people with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: UK-based cohort study’ found in The British Journal of Psychiatry. Aaron Kandola (Research Officer at the Mental Health Foundation) is joined by Derek Tracy (Psychiatrist in South London and Kings College Hospital, and sits on the Editorial Board of The British Journal of Psychiatry), Amy Pollard (Policy Officer at the Mental Health Foundation, has a PhD in Social Sciences and lives with bipolar) and Joseph Hayes (Researcher at UCL, Psychiatrist in North London and one of the authors on the paper being discussed in this podcast)

Rich and Steve are joined by Dr Zeshan Qureshi from King's College Hospital to discuss the role of dad in looking after a sick kid - and offer some tips on what to do when your baby falls ill For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This hospital based youth violence work is taking place in the four London major trauma centres and Producer Sue Mitchell was given exclusive access to follow what happens. The charity, Redthread, now has teams in each of the trauma centres and their youth workers will be alongside victims from the point that they walk, or are stretchered, in. They're away from their communities and alienated from peers and this surreal period - 'the teachable moment,' as it's known - is seen as being an effective time because the young person is vulnerable, shocked and forced to confront assumptions of invincibility. Becky Calnan is a Redthread team leader at one of the London trauma centres and allows listeners to follow her work with nineteen year old Liam. He's been attacked on the street and turns up at Accident and Emergency with blood soaking into his coat and trousers. He tells her that he's been punched, kicked and stamped on as he was making his way to court for a scheduled appointment. She knows him already: just months earlier he was stabbed in his legs in a planned attack. Becky's been working with Liam ever since. His latest injuries don't surprise her: "He doesn't eat properly; he doesn't sleep as he's out at night, and he's paranoid because of how he's living: this all feeds into making these incidents much more likely to happen." Liam tells listeners about his life of court appearances, street violence and lack of ambition. He traces the start of his problems back to 2010, when he moved to a new area of London with his Mum and sisters. He knows he could make something of himself if he puts his mind to it, but there's too much daily pressure for him to even try: "I don't know what can happen next. There are young youth running around with big knives and my Mum and Nan are scared. I'm not scared. I spat blood on them when they attacked me." But Liam's bravado cracks slightly as he acknowledges the work that Becky's doing: "She's helped me, I do appreciate that. If there are things I need to get off my chest she listens and she doesn't judge me. I don't have anyone else like that to talk to." For Redthread the work is aimed at interrupting the cycle of violence which all too often sees the victim become the perpetrator. Liam describes being stabbed, jumped on and other attacks with a calm that would be more normally placed describing a shopping trip, say, not repeated street violence. He thinks he will end up dead unless he can change, but it's a hard task. Alongside Liam, Becky is helping others admitted every day. There's George, stabbed as he sat in his car, there are two victims who have yet to regain consciousness and a youngster who appears to have been paralysed in an attack. His long hospital stay provides a good opportunity to both tackle any possible acts of retribution and to begin considering the changes as he adapts to a very different life. Redthread's hospital programme launched in 2006 and the idea has been in play in America for longer. There is an international network of hospital based intervention programmes and the idea is gaining ground, with Nottingham and Basildon being the latest areas for this approach. In London alone there were more than 1,236 victims of knife crime under the age of 25 in the year ending April 2016 according to the Metropolitan Police. The workers are called as ambulances are en route and will be there from the start, getting alongside the young person and helping them navigate the hospital system. They're trying to build the kind of relationships which many of these young people won't have had in their communities and the organisation also offer gang exit work and mental health support. Dr Emer Sutherland, consultant clinical lead for the Emergency Department at King's College Hospital, said: "We set up the scheme at King's because we wanted to do more than just patch young people up and send them on their way. Hospitals have a unique opportunity to help try and stop the victim-perpetrator cycle. This is why talking to young people, at this key moment in their lives can help steer them away from the world of gang violence many find themselves in." Once they're in hospital they have a very private space for very private conversations: "Pain in some ways is a great mind opener. "It's so powerful to the medical team, we can remember before we had Red Thread, we would see some of these young people who come in with trivial injuries and then come back with more severe injuries. We see youth violence as like any other disease, so we might see them on their way to school when they've been mugged or beaten up, then what could happen is they could join a gang to try and make them safe, even though the exact opposite is the case, then we see them going from stabbed in arms or legs to being quite viciously targeted and very vicious attacks - we find those very worrying.

Audio Journal of Medicine, August 23rd 2007 Vaginal Progesterone Reduced Risk of Preterm Birth in Women with Short Cervix REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007; 357: 426-9 KYPROS NICOLAIDES, Kings College Hospital, London The risk of giving birth prematurely was reduced among pregnant women with short cervices by treatment with vaginally administered progesterone: whether or not they had a history of preterm delivery. Investigators from London have reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that progesterone therapy significantly reduced the risk of spontaneous delivery before 34 weeks: from a one in three chance with a placebo to one in five with progesterone. Kypros Nicolaides discussed the results with Anna Lacey.