General practices in the UK are under immense pressure. Research has been conducted on the complexity of current consultations ​and the use of electronic consultations…

I was inspired to go into geriatric medicine in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when I was a registrar in medicine in Newcastle, UK. I worked with some truly inspirational geriatricians at the time, which I think was a major factor in my decision.

This year, the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) celebrated their 40th birthday by bringing…

Paraneoplastic autonomic neuropathy is a syndrome with an unclear aetiology and wide array of symptoms. Some studies have identified a strong autoimmune component in the development of paraneoplastic autonomic neuropathy, though some aetiologies are non-immune in nature.

When I was a trainee, I thought: am I going to be a surgeon or am I going to go into internal medicine? At that stage, we had a doctor join from another hospital who was a gastroenterologist, and he showed that this specialty offered the ideal mix of analytical thinking and hands-on work.

Marcel Gehrung, CEO and Co-Founder, Cyted, talks to Jade Williams about the greatest challenges facing his company.

In a highly interesting session on sepsis management during the 33rd annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and…

ANTIMICROBIAL stewardship (AMS) was a key focus at the 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)…