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What are Digital Inhalers and how do they Work?

Digital therapeutics enable personalized chronic illness management and unmatched patient health and treatment compliance monitoring. This article explores digital inhalers and their uses.

4 Oct 2022

Is Sense of Smell Linked to Pneumonia?

Historically, poor olfaction in elderly people has been implicated in neurodegeneration, but it is becoming increasingly correlated with other diseases such as pneumonia. This article explores the topic in more detail.

4 Oct 2022

What are the Current Challenges in Mental Health Disorder Diagnosis?

Mental health disorders and substance use disorders are the leading cause of disability worldwide. This article explores the current challenges in mental health disorder diagnosis as part of our coverage for World Mental Health Day 2022.

3 Oct 2022

What is the Role of Non-invasive Imaging in Diagnostics?

The use of diagnostic imaging in medicine dates back for over a century. However, huge advances have been made over the last 50 years, in which multiple imaging modalities have offered a previously unimaginable wealth of data on the structure and function of the inward organs of the human body.

28 Sep 2022

Gout: Disease of Kings now a 21st Century Epidemic

Around 3 million Americans have gout, an extremely painful arthritic condition. Read more here.

28 Sep 2022

What are the Clinical Applications of Functional Neuroimaging?

Most people would categorize CAT scans, PET scans, and MRI scans into the same grouping, however, it is important to note that a significant variability exists between these neuroimaging techniques. This article explores the clinical applications of functional neuroimaging.

28 Sep 2022

What is the Viking Diet?

This article explores the Viking diet, a lifestyle that has become popular among many people and, in some areas, even corrected the statistics of the incidence of heart attack and senile dementia for the better.

23 Sep 2022

What is Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis?

Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) is a form of dermatitis caused by irritants that develop from chronic exposure to urine or liquid feces. This article explores the condition in more depth.

16 Sep 2022

What is Episodic Disability?

An episodic disability is characterized by periods and degrees of wellness and disability that fluctuate over time.

14 Sep 2022

The Role of Toxicology in Wildlife Conservation

Wildlife toxicology involves the investigation of how various environmental contaminants can alter the physiology and anatomy of wildlife.

14 Sep 2022

Breast Milk and the Microbiome

There are many advantages associated with breastfeeding, some of which are related to the microbiome composition of human breast milk.

14 Sep 2022

How Does Coffee Affect the Immune System?

Although previous studies touted coffee as a potential source of health problems, recent studies have found that coffee elicits a wide range of benefits to human health, particularly on the immune system.

8 Sep 2022

Medical Applications of Penile Implants

A penile implant, otherwise known as a penile prosthesis, is a device placed into the erectile cylinders of the penis. This article discusses penile implants in more detail.

7 Sep 2022

What is the END TB Strategy?

Here, we discuss the strategy in detail as well as outline what TB is and why it is important to focus on eliminating it.

5 Sep 2022

What is McArdle's Disease?

McArdle’s disease, also known as Glycogen Storage Disease Type V, or GSD5, is a congenital disorder of muscle metabolism. This article discusses the disease in more detail.

2 Sep 2022

The Importance of Clinical Informatics

Clinical informatics is a new field of information technology, also called health informatics. It deals with the use of technology and data analysis tools to come up with better patient care. Read more here.

31 Aug 2022

How is Health Inequality Measured and Monitored?

Health inequality is associated with measuring and comparing health outcomes of various groups. Some common parameters of measurement are life expectancy, rate of diseases, and disease-free life expectancy of different groups of individuals.

30 Aug 2022

Mythbusting; Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

In this article, we discuss common UTI myths.

30 Aug 2022

Recent Research into Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

New research is vital to combatting antimicrobial resistance and developing new treatments to protect people, particularly those most at risk, from UTIs.

30 Aug 2022

What is Chronic Cystitis?

Chronic cystitis presents a complex challenge with pelvic pain and urinary dysfunction, necessitating ongoing research for effective management strategies.

30 Aug 2022