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What are Ichthyoses?

This article explores an inherited group of integumentary disorders, Ichthyoses, which cause the development of fish-scale-like skin.

10 May 2022

What are the Health Risks of Sunbeds?

This article discusses the potential health effects of tanning beds, commonly used to expose individual skin to ultraviolet radiation to increase melanin production.

10 May 2022

What is Chediak-Higashi Syndrome?

This article explores Chédiak-Higashi syndrome (CHS), a rare and potentially fatal autosomal recessive disorder.

10 May 2022

How do Antibodies Cause Disease?

Antibodies are defensive molecules, part of the body’s adaptive immune response to pathogens. How are they involved in harming the same host they are produced by to defend it against foreign bodies and organisms?

10 May 2022

The 'Omics in Male Fertility Diagnostics

The emerging fields of epigenomics, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics have added to the ability to diagnose and treat male infertility by uncovering the various biological processes involved in this condition.

5 May 2022

What is Caroli Disease?

This article explores Caroli disease, a rare, congenital disorder involving malformation of the liver.

4 May 2022

What is Thrombocytopenia?

Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which the blood has an unusually low number of platelets. This article discusses the condition in more detail.

4 May 2022

How Do Our Bones Change as We Age?

Common bone diseases associated with aging are osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.

4 May 2022

The Pros and Cons of Healthcare Chatbots

Health chatbots are conversation platforms driven by artificial intelligence (AI), that respond to queries based on algorithms.

4 May 2022

Healthcare Avoidance

Avoidance of healthcare is defined as keeping away from medical care that is thought to cause mental or physical harm.

4 May 2022

Hormones vs Mental Health

There is a connection between our hormones and our mental health.

4 May 2022

The Role of Senescent Cells in Disease

Cellular senescence is a process of irreversible cell-cycle arrest in response to various internal or external stressors.

4 May 2022

The Road to HIV/AIDS Vaccination

The HIV/AIDS endemic has taken more than 34 million lives, and despite being out for almost 38 years there is no HIV/AIDS vaccine available for public use.

4 May 2022

What is Variegate Porphyria?

Variegate porphyria (VP) is an autosomal dominant condition that results from the deficiency of protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPOX, EC 1.3).

4 May 2022

What is Amniocentesis?

Amniocentesis describes the extraction of amniotic fluid through the abdominal wall (i.e., through a transabdominal approach with ultrasound guidance).

4 May 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

Future of Smart Health Systems

The future of smart healthcare is set to be transformed in a positive way so that is more streamlined, personal and efficient.

27 Apr 2022

Virtual Reality in Neurorehabilitation

Virtual reality has proven to be extremely effective in the transfer of motor skills training and rehabilitation.

27 Apr 2022

Immune Responses to Tattoos

Tattooing involves the insertion of ink into tiny punctures in the epidermis, and pigments are considered a foreign body that may elicit the immune response.

27 Apr 2022