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Our HOC platform shares blogs from experienced medical writers around the world, bringing you tips on good communication, evaluations of current health economics and outcomes research and healthcare evidence. Mixed in with great information you will find a light-hearted approach to current issues, some valuable downloads, as well as references for further reading.
Virtual medical conferences stepped in during a time that live networking events weren’t possible. Are they still the answer for the medical community? More than two years into the Covid-19…
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“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”…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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. …
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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…
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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…
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