Antibiotics can be an alternative to surgery in acute appendicitis and can result in approximately two-thirds of patients not requiring appendectomy in the first year.
A first large phase III study investigated whether aspirin can reduce the risk of recurrence after colorectal cancer and completed standard therapy – with unexpected results.
The recent introduction of vaccines has not yet closed the door on malaria, a disease that killed more than 600,000 people in 2022.
The first "blue baby" surgery, known as the Blalock-Taussig shunt, was a groundbreaking medical procedure performed in 1944 to treat children suffering from congenital heart defects.
Wearable defibrillators (WCDs) offer the potential to reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death while avoiding unnecessary invasive procedures.
Inflammation and cytokines can affect the brain and cause symptoms such as intense nightmares in neuropsychiatric lupus.
Sudden blurred vision, severe headaches, chewing pain, along with fever and weight loss: What's behind the symptoms of a 51-year-old patient?
The DIVE-I study introduces a new therapeutic paradigm in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and may soon change clinical practice guidelines.
Children with congenital and chronic heart disease have a high risk of arterial thrombosis, which can be reduced by aspirin. However, the optimal dose for pediatric patients remains largely unclear.
Tiny plastic particles can penetrate cells and cross the blood-brain barrier. A recent study found they can cause several pathologies, like cerebral thrombosis.
Nutrition is believed to impact Crohn's disease. Yeast in particular and the body's own immune response to it could play an important pathophysiological role.
A 39-year-old man presents to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain, anaemia, and diarrhea: what diagnosis lies behind this condition?
Social media use has raised alarms regarding addiction, and manipulative content. But their link to sleep problems was barely researched, until a 2023 study.<sup>1</sup>
From a red cross to a red crystal: how history, politics and faith shaped the world’s most iconic humanitarian emblems.
Drug therapy is ineffective in 30% epilepsy patients, who should be referred to specialised centres to evaluate available therapeutic alternatives.
Timely diagnosis and personalized management of endometriosis in adolescents remain an urgent and unmet clinical need.
A 55-year-old woman suffers paraplegia, anemia, and recurrent infections. What is the underlying diagnosis?
AI offers advantages in terms of speed, accuracy, and data processing. But what implications for everyday clinical practice are we seeing already?
What is the difference in the risk of myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 and influenza infection? A new cohort study provides clear answers.
Among patients with Acute Kidney Injury, recommendations did not significantly reduce the composite outcome of worsening AKI stage, dialysis or mortality.