Fear can be a useful protective mechanism for an athlete, but sometimes it holds us back too much, an expert…
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After a Runner’s Fracture Heals, Fighting the Fear of Re-injury
Fear can be a useful protective mechanism for an athlete, but sometimes it holds us back too much, an expert…
Medical News Today: Type 2 diabetes: Intensive hypertension therapy may lower death risk
New research finds that intensive therapy for lowering the blood pressure of people with type 2 diabetes reduces their risk…
Medical News Today: Stress, insomnia may triple death risk for those with hypertension
New research examines the effect of work stress and trouble sleeping on the risk of cardiovascular death in people who…
A Novel Technique to Expand the Electrocardiographic Recording Capability from an Apple Watch
A 75-year-old man with a history of coronary disease and hypertension was referred for his first-ever cardioversion after the incidental…
Crohn’s disease
Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to…
Gastric, small bowel and colonic motility and breath-testing
The organs of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are responsible for digestion, absorption and excretion of ingested food and drink. From…
Oesophageal motility testing and 24-hour reflux studies
High-resolution manometry (HRM) and 24-hour pH/impedance studies of the oesophagus have become more widely available and are a useful tool…
Infectious diarrhoea
Infectious diarrhoea remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Viruses, bacteria and protozoa are responsible for most infections,…
Centrally mediated abdominal pain syndromes
Centrally mediated abdominal pain and the associated narcotic bowel syndrome are functional bowel disorders that are challenging to manage and…