World leading expert to explore wonder of hormones in celebration of 100 years of insulin
15 November 2021
Distinguished UK endocrinologist, Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly, to deliver flagship lecture at the Royal Society of Medicine.
2021 Media releases archive
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COVID-19: Governments must stop vaccine cost secrecy
4th November 2021
Globally affordable COVID-19 vaccines will remain inaccessible without governments' transparency on their cost.
Dr Kamran Abbasi recognised as influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic leader
6 October 2021
Dr Kamran Abbasi, editor of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, has been named by the HSJ as one of the 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health.
New analysis shows benefits of offering two doses of COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 12-17 clearly outweigh risks
30 September 2021
A new analysis of the risks and benefits of offering two doses of COVID-19 vaccination to all 12-17 year olds in England shows that the benefits clearly outweigh the risks, given the current high case rates.
Suicide rates fell in Canada during pandemic despite rise in unemployment
23 September 2021
The results of research into suicide rates in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic show that rates fell despite a simultaneous increase in unemployment.
Zoonotic threats must be integrated into global health security planning, say experts
6 August 2021
The surveillance of zoonotic diseases must be integrated into health security intelligence systems, if future pandemics are to be handled effectively, according to global health practitioners writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
New 10-year patient safety analysis highlights areas for improvement in acute medical units
5 August 2021
New research by Cardiff University and University College London, from a new 10-year analysis of patient safety incidents in hospital acute medical units across England and Wales, recommends to include the introduction of electronic prescribing and monitoring systems, checklists to reduce diagnostic errors, and an increased presence of senior clinicians and pharmacists overnight.
Royal Society of Medicine welcomes new Honorary Fellows and medal winners
28 July 2021
A special ceremony was held at the Royal Society of Medicine on Tuesday 27 July to induct the Society’s new Honorary Fellows and to formally inaugurate Professor Roger Kirby as President of the RSM.
People with five or more symptoms in first week of infection more likely to develop long COVID
16 July 2021
The presence of more than five symptoms of COVID-19 in the first week of infection is significantly associated with the development of long COVID, according to a new review published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Diversity in leadership roles essential to engage minority-ethnic medical students with academia
2 July 2021
Minority-ethnic medical students must have more role-models in senior leadership positions if they are to engage with academia, says a group of medical students writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Experts propose ‘five Cs’ to tackle vaccine hesitancy
3 June 2021
The reluctance or refusal to accept Covid-19 vaccinations can be tackled by a five-pronged strategy to addressing the behavioural and socio-demographic factors behind vaccine hesitancy.
Studying Shakespeare could help medical students connect with patients
2 April 2021
A palliative care doctor has suggested that studying Shakespeare’s plays could help medical students connect more closely with their patients.
Covid-19: Strategy proposed for safe re-opening of mass live events
20 March 2021
A model that has the potential to support the live events industry to re-open safely at full capacity while reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission has been proposed by a team of public health doctors from Imperial College London and the University of Tartu, Estonia.
COVID-19: UK’s colour-blind vaccine allocation strategy putting ethnic minorities at higher risk of illness and death
10 March 2021
Omitting ethnic minorities from the vaccine priority list is putting these groups at a significantly higher risk of COVID-19 illness and death.
HRH The Prince of Wales to open Royal Society of Medicine series on health impacts of climate change
4 March 2021
A series of webinars that will position health and wellbeing at the centre of the climate change debate will be opened with a pre-recorded video message from His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales on Tuesday 16 March.
COVID-19: Schools urgently need guidelines on improving ventilation in classrooms
6 February 2021
There is an urgent need for guidelines on how schools can use ventilation to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the classroom, according to doctors at Imperial College London and the headteacher of a secondary school in Pinner, Middlesex.
COVID-19: Science scepticism may be reinforced by UK rush to approve vaccines
15 January 2021
Former director of public health Professor John Ashton has said that scientific scepticism may be reinforced by the UK’s rush to approve COVID vaccines for public use and the apparent political desire to be the first out of the blocks in contrast to our European neighbours.