This endoscopy image shows severe erosive reflux oesophagitis (grade D, Los Angeles classification) of the distal oesophagus (fig 1). The patient, a man in his 80s, […]
Excess deaths were higher than deaths involving covid-19 in the week leading up to Christmas, the first time this has occurred during the second wave of […]
It’s easy to believe that society’s treatment of difficult, violent and criminally mentally ill people has become more humane over time. But that’s not the case. […]
Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites. The treatment of bacterial and fungal infections relies particularly on antimicrobial drugs, while the focus […]