Page 166 – The Hippocratic Post

June 30, 2022

New WHO guidelines to better treat and manage childhood pneumonia

A major review into childhood pneumonia by researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and the University of Melbourne will inform new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines to better...

June 30, 2022

First treatment for ‘broken heart syndrome’ trialled

The first ever treatment for broken heart syndrome, also known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is to be trialled by researchers at the University of Aberdeen. Scientists...

June 29, 2022

Study finds TB treatment safe during pregnancy

Study finds TB treatment during pregnancy is safe for mum and baby: Seven out of 10 pregnant women were cured of their multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and delivered...

June 29, 2022

Genes reveal coffee is safe during pregnancy

Genes reveal coffee is safe during pregnancy: University of Queensland researchers have found enjoying a daily latte or long black causes no increased risk to...

June 29, 2022

Female surgeons still endure toxic culture

Female surgeons still endure toxic culture of abuse and discrimination at work: Female surgeons are still enduring widespread discrimination by male colleagues while they work,...

June 29, 2022

Immune-suppressing drugs and booster vaccination

Interrupting treatment of immune-suppressing medicines, doubles antibody response to COVID-19 booster vaccination: A major clinical trial, led by experts at the University of Nottingham working...

June 28, 2022

First aid for a drowning adult, baby or child

Always supervise children near water, they can drown in just a couple of centimetres. Drowning can happen quickly and quietly and causes a frightening number...

June 28, 2022

Ukraine: We’re back from training frontline doctors

An experienced team of trainers have just returned from delivering two HEST courses in Dnipro and Kharkiv. Here, consultant neurosurgeon and faculty member Pete Mathew shares...

June 28, 2022

Single brain scan can diagnose Alzheimer’s disease

A single MRI scan of the brain could be enough to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research by Imperial College London. The research uses...

June 28, 2022

Patients at high risk of liver failure and bile duct damage

Patients at high risk of liver failure and bile duct damage: Within the context of a cross-sectional study, a research team led by Lukas Hartl,...