In the UK, when a young person dies suddenly, the coroner is responsible for establishing the cause of death. They will ask a consultant pathologist to carry out an autopsy in order to ascertain when, ...

Our aim in this review of published reports was to provide an overview of the available scientific knowledge on the occurrence, aetiology, and possibilities for prevention of tennis injuries. We asked ...

The aetiology of T1D is largely unknown, but it is thought that a genetic predisposition, environmental factors and distinctive metabolic changes are involved in the initiation, development and ...

Self-harm is complicated. The term can encompass any number of different behaviours, carried out with varied, often opaque, ...

Background Significant secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) is known to be associated with worse prognosis. However, data ...

While there are a number of factors that can lead to constipation in over-60s, there are also many effective treatments.

The reality of surviving with a child who has a syndrome without a name - and the astonishing discovery of vast differences ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited disorder that may cause disabling and potentially life-threatening symptoms ...

EPILEPSY is a health-related disability whose causation is often associated with witchcraft in the context of Zimbabwe. But from the lens of scientific knowledge systems, witchcraft cannot be ...

NP001 is designed to tackle the neurodegenerative disease through an immunologic mechanism as opposed to a neurologic one.

Arthritis affects people of all ages, including those in their 20s and 30s, says Dr Prashant Kamble, consultant-orthopedics ...