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Professor Linda Luxon steps down from Council

Professor Linda Luxon has stepped down as an RSM Council trustee and Honorary Treasurer, due to personal reasons. Linda has been an RSM trustee since 2018 and in that time has been a much-valued voice...

Celebrating 100 years of insulin

People from around the world and the UK joined a Royal Society of Medicine celebration to mark the centenary of insulin on Thursday 2 December, when Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly, one of the world’s...

Opioid related hospital admissions JRSM

A new analysis of hospital patient data in England over 10 years, published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, shows opioid-related admissions increased by 48.9 per cent, from 10,805 adm...

Addressing the disparities in global cancer care

How will COVID-19 impact on oncology care in low and middle income countries (LMICs)? What role can digital and other technologies play in improving cancer control in LMIC settings? What are the impli...

Impact factor increase for Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

The recent announcement of 2019 impact factors for academic journals revealed a significant increase for the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. At 5.2 the JRSM impact factor is up from 3.5 in 2...

New and important arrivals at the Royal Society of Medicine

Significant recent arrivals at the Royal Society of Medicine include two new appointments to the Royal Society of Medicine’s Audit & Risk committee and the election of three new Trustees to the RS...

Eight extraordinary medical breakthroughs during The Queen’s 70-year reign

Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee marks 70 years of extraordinary service to the nation in parallel with advances in medicine, science and healthcare. To celebrate this momentous occasion, the ...

RSM members elect four new Council Trustees and Vice-President appointed

Members of The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) have elected four new Trustees to its Council and the Society has appointed its next Vice-President. The new Trustees will start their three-year terms o...

Cerebral Palsy and companionship: no longer feeling alone

Scarlett Murray is a 21-year-old mum of one living with hemiplegia, a form of cerebral palsy. Earlier this month, the RSM Medicine and Me Section invited Scarlett to speak at the event ‘Time for a new...

Seven habits of effective doctors

The President of the Royal Society of Medicine, Professor Roger Kirby, has suggested seven habits that doctors should adopt to excel in their role. In his article in Trends in Urology and Men’s Health...