Part of the ethos of St Emlyn’s High is to encourage teenagers to consider healthcare careers. Over time we’ll be adding lots of resources to the site, but just to start here is a directory of UK medical schools. Choosing where to apply is not easy and often requires lots of research and thought. We’ll …
With the current Coronavirus pandemic, it feels like a good time to discuss what we can do to make our bodies better at fighting infection (our immune response). In the future we will go into more detail about just how this works, but this post (and podcast) concentrates on the things we can all do …
In the post about Coronovirus we mentioned that oxygen is pretty important stuff and that if there is any reason you can’t get enough of it you could be in trouble. But have you ever stopped to think why oxygen is so important? What does it actually do that makes it so very very hard …
A few years ago, to coincide with the release of “The Force Awakens” the Guardian newspaper ran an article discussing some of the big questions in the Star Wars Universe. These included “How do Wookies breed?” and “What Qualifications do you need to become a Stormtrooper?”. I was asked how we might go about treating …
Our lives are all dominated by Coronavirus (or COVID-19 as it is sometimes called), but what exactly is it and why is it so dangerous? What is a Virus anyway? A virus is an “obligate intracellular parasite”. There. Easy. Only kidding – let’s explore that some more: viruses are parasites (they depend on their host …
These are uncertain times for us all, whatever your age. In this very special blog site only edition of the podcast I chat with my boys Archie (14), Jasper (12) and Rufus (8) to answer some of their corona related questions. This podcast was recorded on 22nd March, so please make sure you are up …
