Drug-resistant tuberculosis responds rapidly to bedaquiline-based second-line therapy

Patients who have drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have a similar microbiological response to bedaquiline-based second-line medications as patients with […]

When I use a word . . . . Medical blue plaques—penicillin

Blue plaques outside LondonIn 1863 Mr William Ewart, MP for Dumfries Burghs, proposed, in a speech in the […]

February top picks: new beginnings

Midway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, 1 February is the celebration of Imbolc, a Gaelic […]

What are you going to do to challenge ableism?

Jackson makes great points about how meeting the challenges of disability is the collective responsibility of society.1 Ensuring […]

Exercise, mortality, . . . and other stories

Benefits of physical activityA couple of weeks ago, Minerva complained that, although studies showing physical exercise improved health […]

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