Background: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is an effective treatment for Parkinson’s Disease (PD), but identifying optimal stimulation contacts is time-intensive….
Language discordance can impede community-based research and health communication where trained interpreters are limited. Although multimodal artificial intelligence systems can provide real-time…
Mpox has re-emerged as a public-health priority across Nigeria, and successive international public-health emergencies were declared in 2022 and 2024. Facility-level descriptions of admitted,…
Background Although often perceived as a technical tool, a data bank is fundamental for district performance management, facilitating integrated coordination, data consolidation, and routine…
Tens of thousands of new mothers across Britain may be suffering from undiagnosed PTSD following childbirth, according to a University of East Anglia report.
Witness testimony by Ukrainian prisoners of war describes how medical staff participated in or enabled mistreatment. Ed Holt reports.
From constructing cell-like systems to creating genomes from scratch, synthetic biology is having a moment. What will it mean for health? Talha Burki reports.
A physiotherapist-led model of care in the emergency department reduced length of stay among patients presenting with uncomplicated musculoskeletal conditions, without compromising health outcomes or…
New research from Trinity College Dublin has documented the significant impact of severe eczema on a child’s height and shown, for the first time in a controlled study, that the right treatment can…
The percentage of women in their 20s who have never been screened for cervical cancer has been increasing at a disturbing rate over the past 20 years—to the point that almost a third of women ages…