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Is Data at the Center of Healthcare for the Future?

Data in healthcare can be pooled and analyzed to understand what patterns are evident and to analyze what drives those patterns so that preventive or therapeutic action can be taken as needed.

11 Jul 2022

What are Chiari Malformations?

Chiari malformations are a heterogeneous group of disorders comprising abnormalities associated with the hindbrain.

11 Jul 2022

What Has COVID-19 Taught Us About Infectious Diseases?

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic involving a novel pathogen has exposed critical gaps in our knowledge about detecting, managing, treating, and preventing infectious diseases.

11 Jul 2022

What is Carpenter Syndrome?

Carpenter syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by several developmental problems.

11 Jul 2022

What is Tardive Dyskinesia?

Tardive dyskinesia is a hyperkinetic movement disorder that causes faces to move involuntarily and abnormally.

11 Jul 2022

What is Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia?

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a chronic lung disease affecting premature infants, was first described in 1967 by Northway and two other researchers.

11 Jul 2022

What is Binder Syndrome (Binder Type Nasomaxillary Dysplasia)?

Binder syndrome, also known as nasomaxillary dysplasia or maxillo-nasal dysostosis, is a rare congenital condition causing developmental defects.

11 Jul 2022

How has the Wellness Industry Changed over the Last Decade?

Wellness aims to achieve optimal levels of physical, mental, and spiritual health and wellbeing and has witnessed unprecedented growth over the last decade.

11 Jul 2022

Sexual Health Around the World

Attitudes towards what constitutes sexual health vary considerably the world over. Read more here.

8 Jul 2022

Digestive Disorders and Mental Health

Patients who have gastrointestinal disorders also have high psychiatric comorbidity. Read more here.

8 Jul 2022

What is Castleman Disease?

Castleman disease (CD) is a heterogeneous group of disorders that share morphological features, initially described by Benjamin Castleman in the 1950s.

8 Jul 2022

What is Blue Diaper Syndrome?

Blue diaper syndrome (BDS), also known as Drummond's Syndrome, is an extremely rare metabolic disorder, first described in 1964.

8 Jul 2022

The History of Deprescribing

The term ‘deprescribing” was first used almost two decades ago, in 2003, but more time elapsed before suggested guidelines for this practice were published.

8 Jul 2022

What are Histiocytic Disorders?

This article explores histiocytic disorders, a group of disorders arising from an over-production of histiocytic white blood cells called histiocytes.

7 Jul 2022

What is Infantile Myofibromatosis?

This article discusses infantile myofibromatosis (IM), a rare disorder that causes one of the most common proliferative fibrous tumors of infancy.

7 Jul 2022

What is Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome?

This article looks at Johanson–Blizzard syndrome (JBS), a rare autosomal recessive condition caused by homozygous and compound heterozygous mutations in the UBR1 gene.

7 Jul 2022

What is Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy?

Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy refers to the use of psilocybin, the active ingredient in psilocybin mushrooms, in the context of pharmacotherapy. This article explores Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy in more detail.

7 Jul 2022