PREVENTIVE practice for high risk of ovarian cancer includes the removal of both fallopian tubes and ovaries. This surgery may induce premature menopause…

OPIOID use disorder presence during pregnancy could be identified by new biological markers. Patterns of opioid use for pain relief during pregnancy…

What aspects of a physical congress did the ERS set out to capture in the virtual ERS International Congress this year? The virtual congress has been…

NURSING home residents receiving haemodialysis for chronic kidney disease may be at greater risk of COVID-19. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, identified residents at a nursing home, an already vulnerable population, who were found to have repeated and prolonged exposure to the virus.

MEASURING two proteins in urine of deceased donors may help determine which kidneys are suitable for transplant. The ratio of the proteins can help predict which kidneys were most likely to recover from infection or injury.

Radiomics is a science that investigates a large number of features from medical images using data-characterisation algorithms, with the aim to analyse…

The placenta is a highly vascularised organ with unique structural and metabolic complexities. As the primary conduit of fetal support, the placenta…

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) of varying severity can result in balance and movement disorders, for which the benefits of treatment with physical therapy…

Retained foreign bodies have become very rare in countries where the safety rules in the operating theatre are very rigorous and follow precise…

Objective: To analyse the diagnostic performance of endometrial volume calculated by three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound for diagnosing endometrial…