Vector borne diseases
by Tanya Melillo Fenech
5-year study reveals patients operated on at night twice as likely to die as patients who have daytime operations
New research presented at this year’s World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) in Hong Kong shows that patients who have surgery during the night are twice as likely to…
MORE-CARE: No Clinical Benefit for Cardiac Device Remote Monitoring
Heart failure patients fitted with biventricular defibrillators (CRT-D) fared no better with remote monitoring (RM) of their condition compared to those whose devices were monitored during in-clinic visits,…
Folic acid fortified food linked to decline in congenital heart defects
Food fortified with folic acid, a B vitamin required in human diets for numerous biological functions, was associated with reduced rates of congenital heart defects, according to new…
E-learning modules: A healthy collaboration between the Malta Foundation School and TheSynapse
Mr Kevin Cassar, Dr Tonio Piscopo Malta Foundation Programme Directors