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31/10/2012

The general health benefits of regular exercise are well known and highly recommended, but increasing levels of sports can also mean an increase in the… Read more »

25/09/2012

Obesity is becoming a common issue in most industrialized nations, with the prevalence in the United States, for instance, reaching over a third of the… Read more »

10/08/2012

Clinical diagnosis can be challenging – but the ongoing development of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers is paving the way towards improved therapy.… Read more »

19/07/2012

The London Olympics are imminent – inevitably the focus for most will be on the achievements of athletes after years of intensive training to go faster,… Read more »

06/07/2012

Immune-mediated diseases arise when there is aberrant activity in the body’s immune system, such that it directs an immune response against its own cells and… Read more »

29/05/2012

An estimated 12.66 million new cancer cases and 7.56 million cancer-related deaths occurred in 2008, and this figure is increasing. Recent years have seen much… Read more »

10/05/2012

The incidence of maternal obesity is on the rise, with one in five pregnant women estimated to be obese. This poses great risk for both mother and baby; obese… Read more »

13/04/2012

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder, affecting 50 million people worldwide, and is characterized by the tendency to have recurrent unprovoked seizures… Read more »

05/04/2012

Emergency medicine represents an umbrella group of disciplines that aims to diagnose and treat acute and life-threatening conditions as well as ensuring that… Read more »

19/03/2012

Neurological conditions encompass a wide spectrum of disorders such as dementia, degenerative diseases, neuromuscular disease, epilepsy and migraine.… Read more »