Why is Africa still the poorest continent? Among 29 countries where human life expectancy is still 50...
Pandemic! Globalization and the new plagues Allen & Overy Lecture The earliest gains in life expectancy...
Costing the arms race: drugs, super-bugs and the appliance of science Does the spread of multiply-resistant microbes signal the end of...
An Engine of Commerce? Steam Technology and Global Maritime Trade, 1860-1910: Studies in success and failure The rapid growth in world trade in the 19th century...
Conquest and Disease or Colonialism and Health? A special lecture to mark the centenary of the Royal...
Getting a life: Limits to health in the 21st century Our health and longevity are affected by a multitude of...
Lifestyle diseases: The burden of choice? Take exercise, wear seatbelts, eat the right food, stay off...