Join us in another edition of Medcast where we explore a condition which is rapidly growing all over the world: heart disease.

As we as a country frow more affluent, our diet can become worse, which can lead to heart disease. Alternatively, it can also be heredity. In this podcast we will explore precautions of how to limit your risk of heart disease, and provide practical tips which we use every day to become more active within our mostly sedentry lives.

During the summer, huge advances in surgery were made, especially in the field of robotic surgery. Join us this week, where we discuss robotic surgery and how it works, as well as where it can be used in the NHS, and what this may mean for healthcare in this country in the future.

This week we discuss the more somber topic of doctor malpractice. We delve into how frequent screenings for doctors could prevent possible future malpractice incidents from occurring, and how mental health amongst healthcare professionals is vital if they are to safely and effectively treat patients.

Diseases of affluence are on the rise in the UK, such as the increase in diabetes and obesity levels this country has experienced in the last decade.

Join us as we discuss these hugely relevant topics through the perspective of not only medics, but also a dentist. Learn how sugar affects our bodies, gain an insight into the economics and ethics behind this tax and see some of the alternative ways to deal with these rising issues which trouble our healthcare system daily.

In this episode we discuss the newly discovered COVID-19 vaccine, looking at its benefits and its challenges, and try to assess if it can stop this virus. We also look at an example of a positive consequence of the pandemic in the Royal Derby hospital, and we explore why such initiatives should carry on in the future, post-pandemic, and touch on the mental challenges that being a healthcare professional entails, especially in these tough times

Just a quick introduction to who we are and what we are going to talk about in future podcast episodes.