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News Medical's "MediKnowledge" series is a selection of articles written by experts who have been invited as recognized leaders in their fields to offer opinions within the confines of their area of medical expertise.

Exploring the Connection Between Gut Health and Meditation

In this Mediknowledge article, keynote contributor Dr. Balachundhar Subramaniam explores the connection between gut health and meditation.

19 Mar 2024

Revolutionizing Proteomics: Unlocking the potential of automation to overcome industry bottlenecks

In the face of these challenges, laboratory automation must be embraced as the solution to clear hurdles and sustain growth.

25 Oct 2023

From Pioneers to Innovators: Scotland's journey to conquer liver disease

Liver disease is a huge global health problem, affecting an estimated 1.5 billion people and resulting in over two million deaths yearly.

2 Jun 2023

Addressing the oncology workforce skills gap through specialist higher education

It is of utmost importance for the future of cancer care to address the oncology workforce skills gap. But what has led to this deficit increase, and how can the sector establish a strong path forward?

11 Apr 2023

Overlap Syndrome: how obstructive sleep apnea and COPD coexist

Overlap syndrome, or COLDOSA, is the name given when a patient is suffering from both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obstructive sleep apnoea. Combined, these conditions cause a significant drop in oxygen during sleep, leading to an increased risk of disability and death.

7 Jul 2022

Orthobiologics: how regenerative medicine can make a difference in orthopedic surgery

Regenerative medicine is a new field of medicine in which orthopedic surgeons aim to move away from replacement and toward joint preservation

2 May 2022

Treatment Sequencing in Advanced Kidney Cancer: prioritizing efficacy when considering quality of life

Dr. Cristina Suárez discusses efficacy and quality of life considerations when making treatment sequencing decisions in advanced kidney cancer care.

5 Apr 2022

Pediatric Robotic Surgery: past, present and potential

Pediatric robotic surgery is still in its infancy compared to adult robotic surgery and is difficult because children have small abdomens compared to adults.

31 Mar 2022

Computational biology in rare disease research

Rare diseases affect 6-8% of the world’s population and most people wait several years before they are diagnosed and potentially treated.

16 Dec 2021

Escaping pain: the role of self-care in joint pain management

SCAPE-pain is helping us rethink and redesign how we deliver effective care to the large and increasing number of people with joint pain.

3 Dec 2021

Registry Science: where medicine and data science intersect

Dr. Steve Labkoff discusses medical registries and the challenges of data curation, interoperability, and big data analytics.

11 Nov 2021

Depression and Insomnia: clinical treatments for a common comorbidity

Dr. Alexander Sweetman discusses the comorbidity of insomnia and depression, and how behavioral insomnia treatment is effective in the presence of depression.

3 Nov 2021

The Surge of Sensationalist COVID-19 AI Research

AI research using hastily gathered data for COVID-19 is a dangerous trend does not help patients or physicians and damages the AI community's reputation.

22 Apr 2020

Treatment and Prognosis of Mediastinitis

Mediastinal infections are primarily related to surgery, perforation of the esophagus and infectious spread from adjacent regions.

10 Apr 2020

What is Organogenesis?

The process of organogenesis is the formation of organs during embryonic development. This article looks at the various organs formed.

26 Mar 2020

Progress Towards a Cure for HIV

Progress towards a cure for HIV has been the holy grail for HIV researchers since bursting into the public consciousness in 1981.

30 Jan 2019

Proving Painsomnia is Real: A Case Study

Painsomnia is experienced by anyone with a chronic pain causing them to lose sleep, which in turn lowers their tolerance to pain.

29 Jan 2019

Air pollution damages brains, as well as hearts and lungs

The vast majority of pollution-related deaths are linked to fine particles less than 2.5 millionths of a metre (known as PM2.5).

27 Nov 2018

Galectins – An Ancient Family with a Significant Future

Dr. Matthew Blakeley & Prof. Derek Logan, discuss Galectins, sugar-binding proteins, characterised by their binding to a specific carbohydrate, galactoside.

14 Nov 2018

Gut-on-a-Chip to Model Coeliac Disease

A gut-on-a-chip mimics the properties of the human gut and in our case those of coeliac disease patients. Using blood or urine we are able to derive induced pluripotent stem cells which in turn can be differentiated into intestinal epithelial cells.

22 Oct 2018