Food allergy is widely accepted to be increasing in many regions of the world—by the public, healthcare professionals and scientists. [1] This is based on high rates of self-reported food […]
Author’s perspective
SNP chips perform poorly for detecting very rare genetic variants
We are both geneticists interested in finding and understanding diseases caused by rare genetic variants. Genetic testing for these rare diseases can have profound clinical impact. For example, women with […]
The challenge of minimal risk in e-alert trials
I became interested in acute kidney injury (AKI) during my fellowship in the renal service at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). A busy, urban hospital, the HUP […]
Does football viewership lead to unexpected traffic accidents in Asia?
In early May 2019, I was invited to present my research at a university in Barcelona. At the time of my visit, FC Barcelona were playing Liverpool FC in a […]
What did you do during lockdown? I estimated my equilibrium energy intake
If it moves, it’s biology. If it smells, it’s chemistry. If it doesn’t work, it’s physics. Or, at least, so the saying goes. But, as I often tell my postgraduate […]
Ziyad Al-Aly: Is covid-19 associated with higher risk of hospitalization than seasonal influenza?
Since the early days of the covid-19 outbreak in China, public health officials, scientists, medical professionals, media commentators, and the public at large started drawing comparisons between covid-19 and seasonal […]
Ernil Hansen: Soothing words and music during surgery might reduce postoperative pain
In a study where we played a recorded text with positive suggestions to patients under general anaesthesia, the results were astonishing. They experienced less pain and need for analgesics, less […]
Merete Lund Hetland: A cross country collaboration to assess the benefits and harms of biological therapies for early rheumatoid arthritis
The Scandinavian countries may look rather similar when watching from a distance. However, if you zoom in on details, the differences become manifest. This has been a returning truth in […]
Laurie Tomlinson: Shining a light into medicine’s dusty corners
“But why do we choose blood pressure drug classes in this order?” The question came at the end of a Grand Round presentation I had given at my hospital. I […]
The consistency of machine learning and statistical models in predicting clinical risks of individual patients
“…Now, imagine a machine learning system with an understanding of every detail of that person’s entire clinical history and the trajectory of their disease…. With the clinician’s push of a […]