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Medical controversies: Internet challenges
MedischSome of the most insane and controversial internet challenges. Prepare for your mind to be blown by the stupidity of others.
James Barry
MedischFirst female-born doctor of the UK, fifty years beofre women were allowed to practice medicine.
SAD during the holidays
MedischMillions of people are also experiencing loneliness because of the restrictions put up by the government. It is even expected that this coming winter will intensify the depression that some people experience during the colder months: seasonal affective disorder.
Vaccine Hesitancy in the Era of COVID-19
MedischWHO recently included vaccine hesitancy as a top ten public health threat. In the midst of a pandemic, where recovery seems to hinge on the vaccination of billions, this is very worrying.
Is dit het?
MedischWanneer geneeskunde tegenvalt - deel II
Is this it? (When Medicine disappoints) Part 1
MedischDo you still remember? The results of the decentralized selection are in. You choose medicine, and medicine chooses you. The expectations are mutually high: you are looking forward to the best six years of your life, followed by a career which you have dreamt of for years, and the study will ask a lot of you with its piles of books and difficult internships. But what happens if it is disappointing?
Medicine and art
MedischClean as a whistle, smelling like a rose (ancient bathing practices)
Trolls and witches
MedischThe better alternative to disease
Is there a treatment for the world’s leading cause of death?
MedischChronic Heart Failure (CHF) is a major public health issue in the modern society, with over 23 million people suffering from this condition worldwide. The main cause of this disease is the accumulation of fluid around the heart which causes it to pump insufficiently. There are several types and stages but let’s focus on something unexplored in the medical world…
Sensational sensitization in chronic pain
MedischWhy we need a different philosophy of mind in medicine
Medicine and art; the black death in Europe
MedischThe black death has arrived in Europe! Whether you enjoy it or not, visual art can tell us valuable things about culture, technology, and knowledge of the past.
Cancer Immunotherapy Part II: its state-of-the-art and future promise
MedischCancer Immunotherapy Part II: its state-of-the-art and future promise
The Elephant Man
MedischAugust 5, 1862. In a small house at 50 Lee Street, Leicester, a child was born. It was the son of Joseph Rockley and Mary Jane Merrick. They were gifted with a handsome, healthy little boy. At least, that’s what they thought, because little did they know, that that little boy was going to live one of the most tragic and famous lives in the whole of medical history.
Medicine in History: The Ancient Greeks
MedischWe can learn a lot about the people of ancient times and their thought processes when we look back at how they used to regard medicine. How practical where they when it came to treatment and how did they think the body worked? In this article we will discuss the Ancient Greeks, who were active from 700 BC until around 600 AD. This spans about 1300 years of history and it was the time of some of the greatest minds in Western history, but some of the things believed to be true were still a little odd.
Trauma-ethiek
MedischJe zou misschien denken dat trauma-ethiek een contradictio in terminis is. SEH-artsen en traumatologen doen immers toch niets anders dan mechanisch werk als reanimeren, hechten en gewrichten terug in de kom duwen, toch? Niets is minder waar. Ook in acute situaties is ethiek onmisbaar.
Schizophrenia? Take the test!
MedischThe story behind one of psychiatry’s most controversial tests
Cancer immunotherapy: its history, state-of-the-art, and future promise
MedischCAR-T cells, oncolytic viruses, cytokine therapies, antibody therapies… The list of immune therapies seems to be ever expanding. With the 2018 Nobel prize going to the discoverers of immune checkpoint inhibitors, the topic of cancer immunotherapy seems hotter than ever. Are you interested to explore some of the landmarks in the history of cancer immunotherapy, to discover the state of the art today, and to see what lies in store in the future? If so, then read on…
The miracle drug
MedischA brief insight into the history and modern synthesis of morphine.
Liability law
MedischHow careful are you?
Medicine in history
MedischEgypt is said to be the birthplace of the first great civilisation in history. A lot is known about Egypt in ancient time, including a lot of their medical practises, knowledge about disease and the human body.
The Dealer of Death and his Heart Medicine
Medisch“Le marchand de la mort est mort,” or “the dealer of death is dead.” This is what a 55-year old Alfred Nobel read in his own obituary in 1888.
Hypertension in Kenya: The Silent, Emergent Epidemic?
MedischIn recent decades, the fight against HIV and communicable diseases in East Africa has acted as a veil to cover the subtle, but now seemingly alarming emergence of high blood pressure.
Fact or fiction?
MedischThe truth behind old wives’ tales.
Kiezen of delen: de schaduwkant van gedeelde besluitvorming
MedischKleinschalig competentiegericht onderwijs, patient-centered care, shared decision making... Word je er al warm van?
Where is the limit?
MedischImagine you are a doctor and you have just diagnosed a patient with a rare, terminal disease. There is a drug on the market, but the patient’s health ...
Landen in Australië
MedischAangemeld voor coschappen in september, geplaatst in april. 16540 kilometers, 23 uur en drie vliegtuigen later sta ik in Melbourne - je moet toch iets tijdens die wachttijd.
Medical taboo
MedischAs a doctor, it is inevitable you will face difficult situations where you have to explain medical terms to someone who does not know anything about m...
Naamsbekendheid
MedischWaren we met z’n allen maar astronomie gaan studeren. Na een grote ontdekking is het toch een stuk prettiger om te weten dat een komeet jouw naam draagt dan een ziekte.
Kroniek der psychochirurgie: deel III
MedischDit is het laatste deel van het drieluik over de geschiedenis van de psychochirurgie. Na omzwervingen vanuit de oudheid zijn we aan het einde van de v...
De dood als uitkomst? De ethiek van euthanasie bij een voltooid leven
MedischEuthanasie: hoe duidelijk de Nederlandse wet hier ook over is en hoe gedetailleerd de richtlijnen ook zijn – het blijft een handeling onderhevig aan twijfel.