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Abstract: Medical scientists have expressed scepticism about whether philosophy is relevant to medicine. We challenged this in a conference on the topic of “too much medicine” (TMM) held in Oxford in April 2017. The topic of TMM provided an opportunity to bring the two disciplines together because of its history both in philosophy and in medicine. We found that the collaboration between the two disciplines was fruitful when two conditions were met. First, both disciplines had to avoid discipline‐specific jargon. Second, each discipline had to engage with the other. Specifically, medical scientists had to engage with some philosophical literature, and philosophers had to “get their hands dirty with data.” In this conference report, we provide an overview of our discussions and summarize the other papers in the series. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reflects on the author's observations concerning evolution and medicine discussed at the "Biology and the Biosocial Society's 2006 symposium held in England. He stresses the effort of Randolph Nesse and colleagues to campaign for evolution to be recognized and taught as a basic science. He mentions that Jon Laman emphasizes that the immune system provides the platform to explain the medical relevance of the evolutionary relationships between pathogens and their hosts.

Information about several issues discussed at the Interdisciplinary Workshop on Concepts of Health and Disease sponsored by the King's College Centre for the Humanities and Health in London, England held September 10, 2010 is presented. The workshop aims to facilitate communication between medical professionals and philosophers. Individuals within the medical practice are featured including Elselijn Kingma, Nick Wald, and Anna Luise Kirkengen.

Focuses on the mast cell symposium at the Royal Society of Medicine, London, England. Objectives of the symposium; Topics discussed in the symposium; Associations and institutions attended the symposium.

Reports on the gathering of nurses in London, England to celebrate their common commitment to humanity and health. Issues discussed at the conference; Names of speakers that shared their knowledge to the participants; Launch of new guidelines on children and pain, written in collaboration with young people who have a first-hand experience of pain management.

From September 9th to 14th, 1984, the Fifteenth European Conference on Psychosomatic Research will be held in the Congress Centre at the Town Hall of the Royal Borough of Kensington, England. The main theme of the conference will be "Psychosomatic Medicine Today: A Scientific Concept and an Urgent Need."