Post Traumatic Growth: How to Repair a Broken Career in Medicine
We’ve all seen the headlines: Burnout among healthcare workers is at an all time high. Stories of doctors and...
To know what you know and what you do not know: Case studies of illnesses with mystifying presentations
Rare diseases with mystifying presentations are sometimes seen in some of the patients’ cases. An ailment is classed as...
Cervical Cancer: It’s Not Only Preventable But Treatable
Overview Cervical cancer is developed when the cells of the cervix (entrance to the uterus from the vagina) grow...
Wondering about new treatment options for complicated disorders affecting the quality of life?
Complicated disorders may affect the structure and function of all types of organisms. The disorders may affect the patients...
Hurler syndrome gene therapy shows early success in a small study
Hurler syndrome (also called mucopolysaccharidosis type 1, Hurler variant [MPSIH]), is a genetic disorder that causes abnormal musculoskeletal development,...
Management of rare mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) – PART 3: HER2
Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is a member of the ERBB receptor tyrosine kinase family. It is...
Management of rare mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) – PART 2: RET, NTRK1
RET RET (an abbreviation for Rearranged during Transfection) encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase for members of the glial cell...
Infectious Disorders: In Light of Current Research
Infectious disease is defined as an illness that is transmitted from an infected source to a susceptible host, infected...
Genome sequencing project finds answers for 25% of rare disease patients in a study
Some patients with a suspected rare genetic disease go without a diagnosis for years or even throughout a lifetime....
Recent Medical Breakthroughs to See a Change in the World
Research in different areas of therapy for various diseases has led to a wide range of treatments. Various diseases...