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Launching a new medical device is anything but simple; it is a complex labyrinth. An inventor has an idea which must obtain intellectual property…

Nutritional Management of Paediatric Crohn’s Disease

For many people with Crohn’s disease (CD), onset occurs in childhood or adolescence. Treatment for CD has moved from predominantly surgical to…

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Initiatives to Improve Control, Resource Use, and Quality of Life Associated with Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

This review set out to identify the initiatives needed to achieve better cancer-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control worldwide…

Healthcare’s Hidden Gem During (and After) the COVID-19 Crisis

The novel coronavirus pandemic has highlighted many of the structural inefficiencies and shortcomings of the modern USA healthcare systems.

Mechanical Thrombectomy for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Insertion (TAVI)-Related Periprocedural Stroke: Current Literature and Future Directions

Transcatheter aortic valve insertion (TAVI) has dramatically altered the treatment of patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis and is currently…

The growing pharmaceutical workforce

We showcase the predictions made for the UK biopharmaceutical workforce, highlighting where additional jobs will be needed and the number of highly skilled or specialist workers that will be required.

Reduced Radiation Dose with X-Ray Beamlets

LOWER radiation doses providing equal imaging quality have been developed in a new technique by researchers from University College London (UCL)…

Functional MRI May Help Predict COVID-19 Prognosis

RECOVERY of neurological impairments in COVID-19 remains an area of emerging understanding, but a recent case report described the role…

Novel Opioid Provides Less Addictive Pain Relief and May Slow Osteoarthritis Progression

ADDICTIVE opioids are routinely taken by many people with arthritis to manage their pain. Kappa opioid receptor (KOR) agonists are known to be less…

Is Tocilizumab Beneficial to Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients?

Tocilizumab, an immunosuppressant originally developed as a rheumatoid arthritis treatment, has demonstrated further benefits in treating patients…