Tag Archives: Medical specialties

29Oct/26

Why STIs Are Outsmarting Modern Medicine

October 29, 2026Healthcare4CMenB, Anti-acne preparations, Antibiotic, Antimicrobial resistance, azithromycin, Bruno Ciancio, Ceftriaxone, Cephalosporin, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, France, Gonorrhea, Health, Infectious causes of cancer, Infectious diseases, Medical specialties, Medicine, N. gonorrhoeae, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Pathogenic bacteria, RTT, Sexually transmitted infection, Tetracycline, Tetracycline antibiotics, United Kingdom, Variable Efficacy Limitedadmin

Surging Cases and Superbug Strains: Inside Europe’s Escalating Sexual Health Crisis

Thu, July 29 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — Bacterial sexually transmitted infections have reached record highs across Europe, led by a surge in gonorrhoea notifications that reached 106,331 cases in 2024—a 303% increase since 2015 and the highest level recorded since European surveillance began. Over the same decade, syphilis cases more than doubled to 45,577, while congenital syphilis cases nearly doubled in a single year to 140. Although men who have sex with men account for the majority of diagnoses (62% of gonorrhoea cases), infections are increasingly expanding into heterosexual populations and young adults, particularly women aged 20 to 24. Epidemiologists attribute this multi-pathogen resurgence to a complex interplay of post-pandemic behavioural shifts, declining condom usage, expanded HIV PrEP protocols that mandate routine screening and catch more asymptomatic cases, and structural healthcare barriers such as out-of-pocket testing fees required in 13 European countries. Continue reading →

26Apr/23

What is the power of female leadership?

April 26, 2023BusinessArticles, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Health, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Industrial and organizational psychology, Justina Mutale, Leadership, Medical specialties, Safe sex, Strategic management, Zambiaadmin

April 27, 2023 /Business/ — The Art of Iconic Leadership: Power Secrets of Female World Leaders by Justina Mutale is a book that explores the leadership styles of some of the most iconic female leaders in history. The book argues that female leaders have a unique set of strengths and qualities that make them effective leaders, and that these qualities can be learned and applied by anyone, regardless of gender.

Some of the key takeaways from the book include: Continue reading →

01Nov/22

Omicron BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 – an expert answers three key questions about these new COVID variants

November 1, 2022ReasearchBQ, Building biology, Canada, Creative Commons, Epidemiology, Immunology, Infection, Manal Mohammed, Medical specialties, Natural sciences, New Zealand, Physical sciences, Radon, SHUTTERSTOCK, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vaccination, Vaccine, Virusadmin

Manal Mohammed, University of Westminster

Two new omicron subvariants, BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, are quickly gaining traction in the US, collectively accounting for 27% of infections as of October 29. Both are descendants of BA.5, the omicron variant that has dominated around the world for some months.

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03Aug/22

Killing prisoners for transplants: Forced organ harvesting in China

August 3, 2022CrimeAli Iqbal, Aliya Khan, Cardiac surgery, Clinical medicine, David Kilgour, David Matas, Falun Gong, Geoffrey Nice, Human rights abuses in China, Lung transplantation, McMaster University, Medical specialties, Organ donation, Organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China, Organ procurement, Organ trade, Organ transplantation, Surgery, Susie Hughes, transplantationadmin

Ali Iqbal, McMaster University and Aliya Khan, McMaster University

Organ transplantation is a life-saving therapy for millions of patients and one of the greatest successes of modern medicine. However, a limited supply of donor organs, paired with a massive demand for transplants, has fuelled the global organ trafficking industry which exploits poor, underprivileged and persecuted members of society as a source of organs to be purchased by wealthy transplant tourists.

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02Aug/22

66% of diagnostic biopsies for common skin cancer can be avoided using Michelson Diagnostics’ VivoSight OCT laser scanner

August 2, 2022HealthcareBasal-cell carcinoma, Biopsy, Clinical medicine, Health care, Laser medicine, Medical diagnosis, Medical equipment, Medical specialties, Medicine, Michelson Diagnostics, Optical coherence tomography, Optical imaging, Optics, RTT, Skin cancer, Tomography, United Kingdomadmin

A major study published in leading cancer journal, The Lancet Oncology1 have ground-breaking findings on Michelson Diagnostics, the UK based medical device company that use multi-beam Optical Coherence Tomography (‘OCT’) technology, which can transform patient’s treatment and care of basal cell carcinomas (BCC). It was concluded that OCT-guided diagnosis, when compared to a standard punch biopsy could reduce the number of consultations and invasive procedures by a massive 66%. Continue reading