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Alcohol 'promotion' detracted from success of Women's World Cup
Broadcasters should avoid focusing on alcohol in crowd shots during major sporting events, such as this summer’s Women’s World Cup final, say researchers. In a new commentary published in the Journal ...
President's update: March 2019
It’s not been an easy few months at the RSM, as you may have noticed. We went through a period of change last year – changes at the top, which in turn impacted throughout the organisation. We lost our...
Q-Park car parking discounts
RSM members enjoy a 15% discount on car parking at the Cavendish Square car park. This is on top of the already discounted online rates. Q-Park is one of Europe's leading parking service providers, wh...
New exhibition uncovers Edward Jenner's pioneering path to the first vaccine
An exhibition of remarkable, unpublished letters by Edward Jenner, who pioneered the development of the world’s first vaccine, is set to open at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM). The letters, recen...
The health emergency of climate change
Last month the RSM launched a new 10-part series of events that positions health and wellbeing at the centre of the climate change discussion. With almost 3,500 registrations for the events so far, it...
Live stream: Music on the brink of destruction: Lecture by Professor Shirli Gilbert
Professor Shirli Gilbert, Professor of Modern Jewish History at University College London and Director of the Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre, joins the Retired Fellows Society to deliver the lectu...
COVID-19: Schools urgently need guidelines on improving ventilation in classrooms
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 headteac...
Clinical leadership is ‘mission critical’ to narrowing the health gap
Professor Bola Owolabi, Director of the National Healthcare Inequalities Team at NHS England gave a rallying cry to more than 200 health leaders gathered at the Royal Society of Medicine’s inaugural T...
Dr Carice Ellison-Cliffe obituary
By Dr Melita Irving, RSM Trustee Dr Carice Ellison-Cliffe has died aged 98 after a short illness. Carice was well-known at the Royal Society of Medicine – she and her husband, Dr Percy Cliffe, establi...