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Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of health conditions linked to increased cardiovascular disease. It is found worldwide in increasing…

My father is a physician and served as an inspiration for me and my three older sisters to go into medicine. Having attended…

Isolated renal hydatid disease, caused by the larvae of the parasitic tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus is a rare phenomenon and accounts…

In this case, retrograde ureteroscopy with holmium laser on the retained suture proved an effective treatment in the removal of the stent.

Rare diseases are individually rare but collectively common, with a combined prevalence of 3.5–5.9%. A common feature of many diseases is a substantial delay in patients receiving a correct diagnosis; this protracted path to diagnosis is termed ‘the diagnostic odyssey’.

Pemphigus is a group of rare autoimmune blistering diseases affecting the skin and mucous membranes. Pemphigus foliaceus (PF)…

Up to 10% of the Western population are affected by IMIDs,1 including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…

Talking to John Sperati, Director of Nephrology Fellowship Training Program and Associate Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA