“The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.” Sir William Osler World Cancer Day founded and led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) is a clarion call, with multiple initiatives and campaigns,...

Patients with cancer today are doing better than they ever have been in the past. Survival rates are higher; and survival time is longer for most cancers. The drugs and treatment are getting more effective with less toxicity. Supportive care is also getting better. So, patients are not just...

Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) liver abscesses were first described in the 1980s in Taiwan.1 Consequently, KP emerged as the predominant cause of pyogenic liver abscess in various other countries in East and Southeast Asia. Metastatic infections involving the lung, eye, central nervous system, musculoskeletal system and urinary system have been...

Parental psychopathology is a documented risk factor for mood disorders in children1,2 and it may be due to a combination of genetic vulnerabilities and psychosocial factors such as parenting style and attachment. While there is evidence for the heritability of mood and anxiety disorders, parental psychopathology can also profoundly...

Fredrich Busch was the first author to describe a coronal plane fracture of the lateral femoral condyle. It was, however, Albert Hoffa who was credited with discovering this fracture. Recent recommendations have been made to rename isolated, intra-articular, coronal plane fractures of the distal femur, or the “Hoffa fracture”...