Artificial Vision
In this blog, Dr John Pezaris explains the challenges facing the development of visual prostheses to enable recipients to see, and discusses some of… Read more »
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European Headache Federation guidelines for the use of monoclonal antibodies in migraine prevention: from evidence to recommendations
Monoclonal antibodies against calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or its receptor are a new preventive treatment for migraine, acting upon one of… Read more »
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Supporting Irish women with overweight or obesity to breastfeed – can we get them to ‘Latch On’?
To mark World Breastfeeding Week, Sharleen O’Reilly and Eileen O’Brien discuss the development of the new Latch_On randomised… Read more »
Yellow fever: The new urban and international epidemics
In the latest in a series of Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines blogs highlighting the current hot topics in tropical… Read more »
Could estrogen be the reason for a female survival advantage after injury?
Estrogen has been suggested as potentially being the main contributing factor for female survival advantage in trauma. A study… Read more »
Take a fresh look at diabetes research for UK Diabetes Week
To mark UK Diabetes Week, we take a look at the latest diabetes clinical trials registered at the ISRCTN registry.
Monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria
In the latest in a series of Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines blogs highlighting the current hot topics in tropical… Read more »
Suggestions in improving the transition from pediatric to adult care in patients with type 1 diabetes
The period when teens with type 1 diabetes transition from pediatric to adult care is critical, which can result in these… Read more »
The “No jab, no school” policy and vaccination efforts needed for measles elimination
Italy and France have both introduced compulsory vaccination against measles for children starting school; could similar policies… Read more »
Rare Fatal African Sleeping Sickness May Have Easy And Accessible Cure
The World Health Organization's goal of eliminating the fatal neglected tropical disease Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), also… Read more »