When penicillin first entered hospital wards in the 1940s, its use was essentially treatment through experimentation. Early publications were case series by clinicians learning by doing, describing ...

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation organised a multidisciplinary committee to develop this Position Paper to outline current ...

Prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) cannot begin at the time of diagnosis.1 When fixed airflow obstruction is identified in adulthood, the biological pathway leading to disease ...

Clinical research has transformed childhood cancer survival in the past 50 years. Cooperative group trials have tailored therapy according to risk stratification, with overall survival across all ...

A physician reviews a note generated by artificial intelligence (AI) from her morning clinic. The patient, a woman in her fifties with type 2 diabetes, had spent much of the consultation describing ...

Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV) is one of three species members of the genus Orthoebolavirus (family Filoviridae) that cause ...

The fifth UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (June 22–23) saw the agreement of a new Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. In it, ...

Proponents say the traditional Pacific Island drink is basically harmless. Critics say the story is less simple, pointing to potential health risks. Chris McCall reports.

Conducting a clinical trial is never easy. Logistical challenges, funding issues, regulatory requirements, and ethical concerns each necessitate careful planning and demand huge a ...

Growing up on Canada's East Coast, the young Troy Grennan had a gay neighbour who had moved away to experience 'big city’ life in Toronto. Later when doing his own studies in Toronto, Grennan would ...

Youth suicide rates increased in South Korea from the mid-2010s, and this increase could be influenced by a concurrent rise ...

In academia, authorship symbolises both currency and trust. Authorship buys credibility, funding, promotion, visibility, mobility, and opportunity. For early-career researchers, manuscript authorship ...