A day in the life of Rx
“Have you read this?” my husband leans across the breakfast table, jabbing at an article he is reading. “No dear” I respond, “you haven’t shared the paper this morning” “Apparently”…
What is an affective disorder?
Affective disorders also known as mood disorders are a set of mental disorders that seriously impact a person’s mental state, how they do things, how they go about life and…
Anaemia and blood disorders
Anaemia (commonly spelt anemia in North America), refers to the medical condition in which the body doesn’t have enough functioning red blood cells to adequately carry oxygen to all areas…
3 Reasons Why Market Access is a Great Career Choice
What is market access and what makes market access a great career choice? As the final hurdle in the drug development process, market access is a driving force behind the…
Top 10 Asthma journals in 2022
It’s estimated that in 2019, nearly 500,000 deaths were caused by asthma – a noncommunicable disease that affects the airways by narrowing them, causing them to swell and sometimes producing…
Gene therapy: Editing the Blueprint of Life
Gene therapy is subject to many of the platitudes that are endemic to medical communication – ‘ground-breaking’, ‘miracle cure’, unprecedented’ – the list goes on. It is, as always, more…
The Colorectal Cancer Basics
Colorectal cancer is the disease caused when abnormal growths (polyps), in the colon (large intestine or large bowel) or rectum, turn cancerous. It can be called colon cancer for short. …
Top 10 Parkinson’s Disease journals in 2022
April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness month, and with Parkinson’s the fastest growing neurological disorder worldwide, it’s important to have a greater understanding of how it impacts not only those who…
Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: Top Four Preventative Measures
Reduce your cardiometabolic risk With the raging COVID-19 epidemic on everyone’s minds and lips, other health issues can take a back seat. But metabolic syndrome, characterised by abdominal obesity, high…
Hypertension, when force of the blood against the artery walls is too high
What is hypertension? More commonly known as high blood pressure, hypertension is when the long-term force of the blood against artery walls is raised enough to eventually cause problems such…