Vitamin D reduces the need for opioids in palliative cancer
Patients with vitamin D deficiency who received vitamin D supplements had a reduced need for pain relief and lower levels of fatigue in palliative cancer treatment, a randomized…
A Holistic View on Patient Safety in Endoscopy
Patient safety in endoscopy must be approached from a holistic perspective, through solutions which increase detection rates of abnormalities, increase confidence in the safety of the reprocessing outcome,…
CHEST releases new guidelines for antithrombotic therapy for VTE disease
The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) recently released new clinical guidelines for venous thromboembolism (VTE) management, “Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease: Second Update of the CHEST Guideline…
Gustav Klutsis and his agitprop kiosks
By Prof. Francesco Carelli Gustav Klutsis ( 4 January 1895 – 26 February 1938 ) was a pioneering Latvian photographer and major member of the Constructivist avant-garde in…
Chemical Pathology on TV: Acute Intermittent Porphyria in ‘House MD’
Michelle Muscat MD MRCS(Ed) MSc, PG Dip, FRCPath