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…
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…