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 recently published in… Read more »
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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.
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Monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria
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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 »
Is aerobic exercise an effective treatment strategy for patients with migraine?
Aerobic exercise has the potential to mitigate symptoms of migraine by modulating the pain process in the brain. A recent review… Read more »
How much harm does alcohol consumption cause to others?
Consuming alcohol increases the chance of drinkers causing harm to others. A study recently published in BMC Medicine quantified… Read more »
Tafenoquine for Plasmodium vivax malaria
In this blog the authors discuss a new drug called tafenoquine, approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 2018… Read more »
Hot topics in tropical medicine: Approval of Ivermectin by Health Canada
In a series of blogs highlighting the current hot topics in tropical medicine, Andrea Boggild, Editor-in-Chief of Tropical… Read more »