Knowledge on the genetic basis of Parkinson's disease has grown tremendously since the discovery of the first monogenic form, ...
Since 1997, with the discovery of the Parkinson's disease-causing Ala53Thr variant in SNCA, the gene that encodes α-synuclein,1 our understanding of this common neurodegenerative disease has ...
Locally advanced cervical cancer remains a substantial source of mortality, particularly in low-resource settings.1 ...
Few treatments have revolutionised care for people with chronic inflammatory disorders more than biologic and small molecule ...
The seventh pandemic of cholera—an easily preventable and treatable disease—has claimed millions of lives since 1961, driven ...
Health is political. This is what many practitioners of public and clinical health believe. Health and health policy are ...
Discerning the motivation or intention behind people's actions is a fundamental part of much psychiatric investigation. When ...
Self-harm is complicated. The term can encompass any number of different behaviours, carried out with varied, often opaque, ...
Our findings suggest that one in three cases of oral cancer globally are attributable to smokeless tobacco or areca nut ...
In 2013, 9-year-old Ella Roberta Adoo Kissi Debrah died following a severe asthma attack. Soon after, her family began to ...
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH), a rare condition that affects about one in 300 000 individuals worldwide, ...
The global polio eradication hinges on timely reporting of polioviruses and rapid responses. Despite considerable efforts made during the past three decades to contain polio, the WHO African (AFRO) ...