Many patients share difficulties and other disease-related information on social media. This data can be useful, according to a recent study.
A study investigated USA general surgery residents' experiences, highlighting the needs to protect maternal and foetal health, and promote gender equity.
A patient shows recurring inflammatory pustules in his buttocks. Shingles is diagnosed in the last medical check, but is this diagnosis really correct?
Researchers investigated the immune response to HBV vaccination in patients with rheumatic diseases treated with biologics. Results are promising.
The guillotine intended to avoid unnecessary agony in an execution. Was death instant though? We check if this question was settled, or not.
This interview after the 'ESMO GI Cancers 2024' congress was an opportunity for in-depth study and discussion of new developments in GI oncology.
Gastrointestinal tumours occur most frequently in people over 70. But how does the treatment of geriatric patients differ from that of younger patients?
Could bacteria or viruses be rendered harmless by tomatoes or its products? Researchers investigated if tomato substances work against S. typhi.
Is an earlier onset of puberty and hormone fluctuations associated with an increased cardiometabolic risk in adulthood?
The link between childhood amblyopia and later cardiometabolic dysfunction has been known for some time But how high is amblyopia's risk?
The air you breathe in aircrafts is routinely contaminated by small amounts of engine oils and hydraulic fluids. Could these pollutants be harmful?
During the ESMO Congress on Gynaecological Cancers, Prof. Scambia analysed developments in the field, and what's next in the coming decade.
Precision medicine is revolutionising treatments for colon cancer and other gastrointestinal malignancies by identifying biomarkers for personalised therapies.
New immunotherapies go beyond CTLA-4 and PD(L)1 and show promising results for treating various types of cancer, including colorectal cancer.
Summer season is coming, and with it, time by the pool; but also possibly some more cases of “Margarita burn” or phytophotodermatitis.
In a first, haemodiafiltration was shown to have a lower risk of death than haemodialysis. Results could change current dialysis practice.
The combination was associated with deep and durable responses in previously untreated high-risk CLL, SLL, and del(17p) and/or TP53 mutations.
High-risk participants with heavily pre-treated relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma benefitted in clinical remission and survival outcomes.
In a heavily pretreated population of participants with KMT2A rearranged acute leukaemia, revumenib displayed encouraging anti-tumour activity.
Harmful environmental influences, such as air and noise pollution or light pollution at night, can also contribute to susceptibility to disease.