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‘Klas et al (2023) consider how ethical issues acquired relevance during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on amantadine, a drug often used in neurological conditions’
Almost a decade ago, Cunningham (2015) acknowledged vaccination as one of the major medical advances of modern times but added that ‘public health officials have become intoxicated by success and have...
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of patients with dementia or mild cognitive impairment demonstrated better cognitive scores after 6 to 12 months of exercise compared to sedentary controls. A RCT...
Prescribing, and in particular appropriate prescribing, is advocated as a mixture of science and art (Buetow et al, 1997)..
Also known as French lilac, the herb Galega officinalis was used as a traditional medicine in medieval Europe, apparently helpful against worms, epilepsy and fever. In 1772 it was used to treat thirst...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has described antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as one of the top global public health and development threats, reporting that ‘bacterial AMR was directly responsible...
‘The technological advances offered by continuous glucose monitors must be tested, evaluated, and demonstrated to be robust before being used outside clinical settings’ .
Loots et al (2021) note that psychiatric disorders comprise 13% of the total global disease burden, with non-adherence to medication ranging from 63–74% in patients with schizophrenia and some 50% in...
‘Given the relative rarity of cockroaches in Ireland …. at least one avenue of future research will involve tracing the evolutionary paths taken by Pseudocitrobacter and related micro-organisms’.
The idea of type 2 diabetes (T2D) being a progressive illness is almost redundant, with increasing evidence even confirming how T2D remission is possible. For example, Cucuzzella et al (2023: 146)...
‘With Aβ accumulating in the brain through impaired clearance, not overproduction, Berger and Ede (2023) suggest that a possible explanation for this is reduced concentrations of insulin-degrading...
While promoting antibiotic stewardship, alternative antibiotic-free approaches to bacterial infections are being explored, including the use of probiotics, says George Winter
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