After two years in Bangladesh, a 35-year-old woman returns with fever, upper abdominal pain and weakness. Can you diagnose her condition?
A 54-year-old woman has back pain and a long-neglected breast lump. Her clinical journey will require more than a single decision, challenging the tumor board to choose the right steps at the right time.
Breast-cancer screening is entering a new phase. Mammography stays the cornerstone, while AI and MRI in dense breasts accelerate the move toward personalized screening.
From Halsted’s radical mastectomy to precision oncology, breast cancer treatments garnered science, suffering and progress, revealing how medicine learned to heal without dehumanizing.
New SRY-gene screenings by World Athletics for female athlete eligibility reopens a sensitive debate overlapping genetics, endocrinology, and ethics.
HER2-low has reshaped treatment strategy in HR-positive disease. DESTINY-Breast06 confirms that ADCs deserve an earlier role after CDK4/6 inhibition.
A teenager arrives at the ED with confusion and visual hallucinations. Negative labs and imaging complicate the search for the underlying cause.
It is well known that GLP-1 receptor agonists have a cardioprotective effect in type 2 diabetes. But little is known about their cardiovascular safety in combination.
SBRT can be used for different categories of oligometastatic disease. The disease covers a broad spectrum. A summary of its manifestations and treatment.
Over the past two years, significant progress has been made in cancer treatment with RNA-based vaccines. Some researchers see this as the beginning of a new era in oncology.
Diarrhoea, abdominal pain and fever are common reasons for emergency admission, but the differential diagnosis can be broad and sometimes unexpected.
In 1903, an experiment on a brown terrier sparked a London storm, pitting physiologists against antivivisectionists and turning a classroom into a battleground over the limits of science.
The phase 3 ESSENCE trial, published in NEJM, reports that once-weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg achieves significant histologic improvements in patients with MASH and stage F2–F3 fibrosis.
Gastrointestinal tract cancer is increasing at an unprecedented rate among younger adults worldwide, with colorectal cancer in 15- to 19-year-olds rising by 333%, for example.
From Aristotle's syllogisms to MYCIN's rules: the dream of artificial intelligence in medicine is gradually becoming a reality.
Terry Gilliam's dystopian masterpiece, which tells the story of a virus that is lethal to humanity, allows us to reflect on how cinematic imagery and the history of pandemics are intertwined.
A review summarises the current state of care for older people with IBD – from treatment response and symptoms to quality of life and psychological stress.
Sudden-onset bullous lesions, localized pain, and increasing burning sensation leading to an ER visit. A clinical case to be reconstructed step by step.
From sword swallowing injuries to kidney stone-busting roller coasters, the Ig Nobel Prizes in medicine celebrate the science that makes us laugh... and think.
Fast high altitude exposure can trigger acute mountain sickness; in severe cases, deadly cerebral or pulmonary oedema.