One of my main motivations for studying medicine was to fight discrimination and social (and gender) inequalities by providing equal healthcare for all. I became aware of gender discrimination through […]
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Menopausal hormone therapy and dementia
Evidence is reassuring for women using hormone therapy to treat menopausal symptoms The case-control study by Vinogradova and colleagues reports reassuring findings on menopausal hormone therapy (commonly known as hormone replacement […]
Covid-19: countermeasures and collateral consequences
Working as an infectious disease specialist at a tertiary care centre in Denmark over this past year has been busy and, at times, even chaotic. The pandemic has been fascinating […]
Rapid research in a pandemic: foresight, preparedness, and collaboration
The pandemic was not what we expected. A new respiratory virus had been identified and the WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern. Predictions of possible mortality rates […]
Long covid—looking across data, diseases, and disciplines
By the summer of 2020, I had seen several patients in clinic with ongoing cardiac issues after SARS-CoV-2 infection, from arrhythmias to myocarditis. The term “long covid” was coined on […]
Social prescribing may help reduce symptoms of depression in people with dementia
As a medical student, I learned about medication and non-medication strategies for reducing symptoms of depression and other neuropsychiatric symptoms (e.g. agitation, anxiety) in people with dementia. While non-medication strategies […]
A bird’s eye view of the risk of covid-19 infection from children
Our understanding of the role of children in the spread of SARS-CoV-2 has rapidly changed over the last year. Initially, in the absence of clear evidence, it was assumed that […]
Does surgery for rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament improve outcomes?
When I started out as a young resident in orthopaedics in 2000, I was mesmerized by the beautiful arthroscopic images during anterior cruciate ligament surgery. These were enlarged and clearly […]
The story of the Mumbai breast screening study
It was the early 1990s; with the collapse of the Soviet Union, an ambitious WHO sponsored randomised trial of breast self-examination was in disarray. Data from the Moscow component of […]
Do statins cause muscle symptom side effects?
What can we learn from new n-of-1 trials Patient: “Doctor, I’ve been getting a lot of cramp in my legs and the only thing that has changed is I’m taking […]