Most teenagers with HIV live in Southern Africa and many of them suffer from depression. Research on this issue is still scarce, yet urgently needed to help adolescents overcome their mental health problems and to improve their quality of life. […]
Seemingly forgotten tropical diseases predominate in the poorest countries of the world and new treatments to combat these are urgently needed. In recent decades, notable progress has been made in the development of new drugs from marine sources. Seaweeds, in […]
Patients with adrenal insufficiency not only lack steroid hormones but often also a correct diagnosis, a new study from the United States suggests. By Elizabeth Regan Adrenal insufficiency is a life-threatening condition where patients lack the appropriate hormones produced by […]
The transfer from pediatric to adult healthcare constitutes a vulnerable phase in the lives of chronically ill adolescents. Clinical instruments to assess the right time for transition are lacking outside of the English-speaking community. That is why a group of […]
Having fewer adverse effects than synthetic chemicals or drugs, the use of traditional medicinal plants is still of great importance in healthcare. With this in mind, researchers from Palestine recently discovered the potential for some regional edible wild plants to […]
Treatment for acute pain has consistently been documented as inadequate. To change this, one proposed strategy is targeted education for medical students. A team of researchers at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark has found that repeated and multifaceted interventions are […]
Biometric recognition allows the identification of a person based on unique physical characteristics, such as the pattern of the iris. However, research shows that the results of “eye scanning” can be less accurate when a person suffers from diabetes. By […]
Otherwise known as the Dictum of Cragin, the century-old philosophy of “once a caesarean, always a caesarean” has come into question since the 1980s. Based on the increased risk of uterine rupture if a vaginal delivery followed a previous caesarean […]
Editor’s note: this article, originally published on 27 June 2019, is reproduced on Science Discoveries with kind permission from the Danish research and communication center “Taste for Life”. Seaweed exists in oceans all over the world, and there are many […]
New research confirms that diagnostic errors are the most common, most catastrophic, and most costly of serious medical errors. Yet, we now have a better understanding of which conditions cause the majority of incidents of serious patient harm resulting from […]
