Truly Restless & Daring Seminar
Rachel Gatt First Year Medical Student
HealthFest – The Malta Medical Students‘ Association Annual Celebration of Health
HealthFest is one of the Malta Medical Students Association’s (MMSA) biggest annual events. Its aim is to celebrate our health with the general public and promote and overall healthy lifestyle. The theme of this year’s HealthFest is: „Health; Our Greatest Wealth“. This year’s event starts off on the…
Clinical trials in Heart Failure presented during the European Society Congress 2014.
Clinical trials in Heart Failure presented during the European Society Congress 2014.
Phlebolymphology
In this issue, Michel Perrin presents the first of two chapters on the updates in operative treatments for primary superficial vein incompetence. In this chapter, the various procedures for varicose vein ablation (endovenous thermal ablation, surgery, chemical ablation, mechanochemical ablation) and their possible complications are…
My Experience in the MMSA
Gianluca Fava
What is Epilepsy?
Epilepsy is a neurological condition characterized by a continuing predisposition to generate epileptic seizures; it may be diagnosed after at least two unprovoked seizures (not caused by a known medical condition such as very low blood sugar) occurring more than 24 hours apart or after…
MMSA position on the legal age of consent in Malta
The Malta Medical Students’ Association is closely observing developments in the discussion on the proposed changes in the legal age of consent for sexual activities in Malta.As the leading body representing all the medical students studying in our island, the MMSA recognises the social changes…
Antepartum haemorrhage (APH)
by Sarah Craus APH complicates 3–5% of pregnancies. It is bleeding from or into the genital tract, occurring from 24+0 weeks of pregnancy and prior to the delivery of the baby. APH can lead to both fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality1 such as…