In patients undergoing major surgical procedures, preoperative anaemia and perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT) have been linked to increased…

This year (2014) we are celebrating the 80th anniversary of Dr Maxwell Myer Wintrobe’s pioneer works, one of the most important contributions in clinical…

Despite not knowing much about biology, and being able to successfully treat very few diseases, doctors in the 19th century were held in very high regard.

A universal blood test to detect cancer developed by scientists at the UK’s University of Bradford is showing promise in trials, raising hopes for…

Patients with a particularly difficult-to-treat form of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia have gained access to a new treatment option in the US…

The symposium, co-chaired by Prof Johanne Martel-Pelletier and Prof Antonello Pietrangelo, opened with a discussion of metabolic syndrome-associated…

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease in which vascular damage and immune activation leads to excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix…

Idiopathic scoliosis (IS) is a lifetime condition and is defined as a structural, lateral rotated curvature of the spine of >10° on standing coronal…

Osteoporosis is one of the leading causes of handicap worldwide and a major contributor to the global burden of diseases. In particular, osteoporosis is…