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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, we were among the first to suggest that interleukin-6 played a role in lupus. It’s not specific just…

Steroids are widely used in various medical conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease…

There are probably two main reasons. The first is that during medical school and my post-medical school training, the most dynamic…

Mold species are inhaled by people every day and, typically, infection is locally curtailed by the immune system. However, in people who…

Growing up I played football, but it quickly became clear that I probably would not become a professional player, so I began to consider…

As an undergraduate student at the University of Texas in Austin, USA studying pre-med and microbiology, I gravitated towards the virology…

My mom was a nurse; so, when I was about 3 years old, I decided I was going to be a nurse just like her. I think she sensed that I was a…

Melioidosis is an infection encountered in tropical climates, endemic to South Asia and Northern Australia. Burkholderia pseudomallei…

Traditional vital sign monitoring in acute hospital settings relies on sporadic checks, posing significant challenges for hematological…

Quality is important in breast imaging, and there exist a number of excellent screening mammography quality metrics to audit readers…

Advances in the medical and nutritional care of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) have increased life expectancy in recent years…

When I was doing my BA in psychology, I found myself more interested in the research side of the subject; a lot of people who were…

I feel like epilepsy is the ‘window’ into the brain, because when people have a seizure, their onset tells you a lot about that area of…

Hemochromatosis is a genetic disorder characterized by pathological tissue iron deposition with multiple organ involvement…

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant public health concern in Canada, with falls, blows to the head, car accidents…

I was initially inspired due to my grandfather’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis when I was in high school. I found the care of a cancer…

Acute encephalopathy is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in young children. It can be caused by infectious agents, metabolic…

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a non-communicable disease that currently widely affects around 850 million people. Nowadays…

Female health has become one of the most discussed issues today. Many problems, like uterine prolapse, birth injuries, incontinence…

This study aims to evaluate changes in retinal microvasculature in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) by means of optic coherence…

Once I got into fellowship, and started to see a lot of GI patients, I found a tremendous affinity towards this patient population…

A physically active lifestyle has health benefits, including enhanced vaccination responses, improved neutrophil and macrophage function…

I am Director of Clinical Dermatology at Therapeutics Clinical Research in San Diego, California, USA, where my practice is 70% research…

My interest in dermatology comes from the fact that, as a teenager, I had bad acne. I was fortunate to have seen Albert Kligman…