Ultrasound Diagnosis and Management of Ectopic Pregnancy
Pierre Vassallo
Metastatic melanoma: how do local treatment options compare with current standards of care?
Gabriel Ellul Of all skin cancers, metastatic melanoma is the deadliest form. Early diagnosis allows it to be cured with surgery alone; later presentations considerably limit successful treatment options. Dr Nicholas Refalo, Consultant Oncologist at Mater Dei Hospital, explains to Dr Gabriel Ellul the toll…
The revised ESC guidelines on Heart Failure – An update
In this interview, coordinated by Dr Ian Ellul, we meet Dr Alice May Moore MD, MRCP(UK). Dr moore is currently working at Mater Dei Hospital as a Higher Specialist Trainee in the Cardiology Department. She has a special interest in Heart Failure and in November 2016…
Meeting the editor
A n interview with Dr Ian Ellul – editor of The Synapse Medical Journal as well as researcher in paediatric medicine. – Marika Azzopardi
Cholesterol & Statins – the controversy continues
Albert Cilia-Vincenti A recent widely publicised Lancet review of statin efficacy and safety data generated more controversy than it resolved.1 Led by Professor Rory Collins of Oxford University, the review claimed that the benefits of statins have been underestimated and the risks exaggerated. Claims of…
An overview of the epidemiology and local health services offered for colorectal cancer – Part I
Kathleen England, Dorianne Farrugia, Dominic Agius, Miriam Dalmas
Chemical Pathology in the Movies: ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’
Michelle Muscat – The 1992 medical drama ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’, directed by George Miller, is at the same time a tragic and uplifting movie which deals with one of the lesser known diseases, adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), which forms part of a subset of diseases of interest to the…
A Mediterranean infection re-visited
Medical Anecdotes – short accounts of interesting cases, some medical disasters, involving pathology and clinical practice, from the recollection of Prof. Albert Cilia-Vincenti