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Eradicating a Disease; What does it Take?

This article considers some of the factors that currently pose a challenge to the notion of disease eradication with a focus on the issues of surveillance, prospects for prophylaxis, and the concept of the patient's right to choose.

30 Jun 2022

Can Brushing your Teeth Improve your Overall Health?

The notion that our teeth may affect the whole of our anatomy is both true, and something that is far overlooked. This article explores the reasons why our oral hygiene can affect our overall health.

30 Jun 2022

What is Contrast-Induced Nephropathy?

Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a complication that results in the impairment of kidney function that results from the intravenous or intra-arterial contrast administration of contrast media during angiographic procedures.

30 Jun 2022

Social Identification and Mental Health

Theories suggest that social identity is linked to psychological wellbeing, defined as increased positive-hedonic indicators like self-esteem and life satisfaction and decreased negative indicators like depression, anxiety, and stress.

30 Jun 2022

Hot vs Cold: the differences between tumor types

According to modern scientific concepts, tumor types are now categorized into separate groups based on their response rate to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI).

30 Jun 2022

Insight into Implantable Medical Devices

Implantable medical devices are introduced into the human body through surgery or other medical interventions to serve specific functions. Learn more here.

30 Jun 2022

Screen Time and Mental Health

Screen time refers to the time a person spends looking at a screen on a device such as a television, smartphone, computer, or game console. Read more here about the effect of screen time on mental health.

29 Jun 2022

Retraining the Brain

This article discusses brain training, which is broadly defined as engaging in a specific program or activity that enhances a cognitive skill or general cognitive ability through repetition over a predefined time frame.

29 Jun 2022

The Future of Diabetes Treatment

Diabetes is a complex disease and subsequently requires a multifaceted approach to treatment. Read about the future of diabetes treatment here.

29 Jun 2022

How has Ancient Medicine Informed Modern Medicine?

Do we still make use of healthcare practices invented in ancient Greece and Egypt?

29 Jun 2022

How Important is Early Detection to the Spread of Infections?

Infectious disease is the cause of a good deal of morbidity and mortality among individuals in the community and hospitals. While much of it is sporadic and isolated, most infections tend to spread, making an outbreak likely to occur.

29 Jun 2022

What can COVID-19 Teach us about Respiratory Disease?

This article explores what COVID-19 has taught us to gain a better understanding of respiratory diseases.

28 Jun 2022

What is Overdiagnosis and Why is it Bad?

Overdiagnosis refers to the diagnosis of a medical condition that would not have produced any symptoms or problems if left undiagnosed. This article discusses overdiagnosis and why it could have negative effects in healthcare.

28 Jun 2022

What is Cerebro-Oculo-Facio-Skeletal Syndrome?

Cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome or COFS is an unusual neurodegenerative disease with an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance. This article explores the syndrome in depth.

27 Jun 2022

What is Jackson-Weiss Syndrome?

A genetic disorder, Jackson-Weiss syndrome (JWS), is marked by specific deformities of the head, facial area, and anomalies of the foot. This article discusses the syndrome in more detail.

24 Jun 2022

What is the Connectome?

This article introduces the connectome, the HCP, and its historical roots, and the recent projects that have been built upon this ground-breaking work on the human brain.

24 Jun 2022

The Cognitive Side Effects of Radiation Treatment

Although radiation treatment is one of the primary methods to treat both brain tumors and brain metastases, it can be associated with several adverse effects that can be difficult to diagnose and manage.

24 Jun 2022