Samantha Wake

The countdown is on. Only seven days until UoN Freshers’ Week commences! Whilst the most important thing about being a fresher is settling in, making friends and exploring campus, we know the best parts are normally the socials and nights out. For most (with a few exceptions of those who don’t...

E-cigarettes, also known as vaporizers, are markedly less harmful than tobacco cigarettes. Being ‘electronic’, it is an easy compromise between getting a nicotine kick without any harm, but are there health implications we need to consider? Some doctors are worried that these e-cigs will give younger people a taste...

In my ‘gap yah’ I wanted to do something out of my comfort zone.. *books flights to Africa*. When you pay over £1000 you’d expect to be going somewhere luxurious, or even arrive safely and on time. Much the opposite. 7th August 2013: A huge fire has ravaged the main international...

Out of all of these nominations I’d bet only half of the people knew what ALS actually stands for. Since the start of July, the ice bucket challenge has been the latest craze on the internet; everyone seems to have been nominated but does everyone actually know why they...

It’s that time of year when results have been released and a new university year is about to start, so how about a real life insight into a medical science university course. But what actually is Medical Physiology and Therapeutics? (MPT for short) or ‘MedPhiz’ as we like to...