World Mental Health Day was established in 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health to increase public awareness of mental health issues. Since that time, there have been many advances in the understanding and treatment of mental illness, but neuropsychiatric conditions remain the most important causes of disability...

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a ribonucleic acid (RNA) picornavirus transmitted by the faecal-oral route, either from person to person or through contaminated food or water. The clinical manifestations vary with age, and its severity and fatality increase with age. HAV is usually silent or subclinical in children, and...

Dried blood spot (DBS) or dried plasma spot (DPS) collection offers to be a promising alternative to whole blood or plasma sampling, as it has technical and economic advantages when compared to the latter. In the HIV-1 setting, the feasibility of using DBS technology for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver tumour in the liver, and is associated with portal vein thrombosis in up to 44% of patients in an autopsy series. The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) and American Association for the study of Liver Disease...

A 66-year-old lady presented with 4 months history of intermittent fever, epigastric pain which radiated to the back. She reported no symptoms of diarrhoea or constipation. She did not smoke and had no history of alcohol intake. She was premorbidly independent. Her blood pressure was 123/62 mmHg, pulse 90...