• Tuberculosis: New treatments, new challenges

    The fight on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is gaining new arsenal. But global migration patterns are posing new challenges.

  • "With millions of new patients, there will be jolts to the healthcare system"

    Dr. Dirk Heinrich (SpiFA Chairman) sheds light on the challenges posed by the arrival of Ukrainian war refugees in need of medical care in Germany.

  • Europe: Private clinics provide emergency care for refugees

    We interview Dr. Paul Garassus, current European Union of Private Hospitals' president on refugee aid coordination in the countries bordering Ukraine.

  • Ukraine: Training in emergency medicine as soon as possible

    The European Society of Emergency Medicine is preparing videos to urgently train Ukrainian health workers. The project is a collaboration with the WHO Academy.

  • What is war?

    Every war is followed by another. For Dr. Igor Auriant, the war in Ukraine is reminiscent of his mission in Liberia. There, too, death showed its vile face.

  • Yes, I am a woman, and I will perform your surgery

    We interview Dr. Gaya Spolverato, Women in Surgery Italia" co-founder, which supports female surgeons to develop their full personal and professional potential.

  • Ukraine: Perspectives on the war from a Ukrainian physician in Italy

    Dr Rostyslav Boyko has launched an appeal to raise funds to support colleagues who are busy coping with what many believe could soon become a humanitarian catastrophe.

  • Medical devices for Ukraine

    Convoys with medical supplies are traveling from Geneva to Kiev. Behind this operation is a humanitarian organisation of Swiss physicians, whose chairman is himself of Ukrainian origin.

  • Germany: Physicians and Psychotherapists Appeal for Ukraine Solidarity

    During the Russian war on Ukraine, German physicians and psychotherapists assure colleagues and Ukrainian refugees of their solidarity.

  • The War in Ukraine: How Can We Help as Physicians?

    Humanitarian aid is needed as basic subsistance is in jeopardy for many. Non-profit organizations mobilized to ensure all donations reach their destination.

  • Positive Exposure: Overcoming Stigma

    With the Positive Exposure NGO, photographer Rick Guidotti portrays those with genetic, physical or mental diversity in a new light, battling stigmas.

  • How can we fight the "large file syndrome"?

    Rare disease diagnostics is time intensive and rarely valued in economic thinking in medicine. Dr. Dorit Fabricius supports new paradigms on this issue.

  • Detecting skin cancer with a smartphone app

    Researchers have developed an app that photographs suspicious skin changes and sends them to hospital-based dermatologists for image analysis

  • The single emergency number 911 (part 2)

    In the USA and Canada, three digits are used for all emergency types. It may seem like a simple and effective system, but complexity lurks underneath.

  • The single emergency number 911 (part 1)

    911 (nine-one-one) may be the best-known telephone number in the world. In the USA and Canada, these three digits are used to access emergency services of all kinds.

  • News on cytochrome P450 in the liver

    Cytochrome P450 proteins influence drugs degradation in the body, but also trigger drug interactions. What influence do polymorphisms have on drug effects?

  • Masturbation: When medicine had a heavy hand (Part 1)

    When Atum spread his divine seed over Egypt, could he have guessed that from the 18th century onwards masturbation would agitate the medical world so much?

  • Philippines: How telemedicine tackled cancer mortality rise in the pandemic

    Cancer mortality numbers increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, due to insufficient doctor–patient communication.

  • Doping: The challenges of weak scientific evidence

    Doping and sports: the topic is always relevant when major international competitions, like the Olympic Games, are taking place.

  • Medical cannabis: Understanding health professionals' perspectives

    An ongoing European study aims to assess the knowledge and perceptions of health professionals regarding medical cannabis.

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