Volume 48, Number 6
“Opportunity is always coming but never knocks on the door. You have to get up and meet him.”
Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom
Rwandan writer and blogger
Editorial
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Road Traffic Accident Survivors – Can We Do More?
Medicine and technology are closely intertwined. Technology
has opened a plethora of possibilities to medical
treatments with better imaging and diagnostic devices,
novel intervention techniques and countless...
Original Article
Multidomain Geriatric Screen and Physical Fitness Assessment Identify Prefrailty/Frailty and Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Frailty is a geriatric syndrome characterised by increased
vulnerability to adverse health outcomes following minor
stressor events.1 There are 2 established models in the
study of frailty:...
Original Article
High Thyroid Stimulating Receptor Antibody Titre and Large Goitre Size at First-Time Radioactive Iodine Treatment are Associated with Treatment Failure in Graves’ Disease
Graves’ disease (GD) is the most common cause of
endogenous hyperthyroidism. Remission with medical
therapy ranges from 20% to 60% after 1 to 2 years of
treatment.1...
Commentary
Megatrends in Infectious Diseases: The Next 10 to 15 Years
Microbial threats to human health have existed for
thousands of years.1,2 In the past, infectious diseases
presented some of the most defining challenges of human
existence.3 Great...
Images in Medicine
Intussusception: It’s Not Always Ileo-Colic
A 5-year-old boy presented with intermittent episodes
of central abdominal pain and vomiting for 3 days.
Despite this, he was well hydrated with a soft non-tender
abdomen...
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