Dr. Mitchell Weinstein was drawn to medicine because he wanted to help people. He always felt a keen interest in it and also joined several immediate family members in the profession. He selected infectious diseases as his clinical specialty because…
A recent study with adult smokers who had approached the NHS Stop Smoking Services compared e-cigarettes with nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) as part of a smoking cessation service. After a year, 18% of e-cigarette users had stopped smoking tobacco compared with…
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According to the UN Refugee Agency, more than 65 million people are estimated to be displaced worldwide, with European countries registering over two million asylum applications since January 2015. The number of people moving for economic reasons has also grown…
Fertility and birthrates are among the most closely monitored indicators of a country’s economic health. A record high of 83 countries report below-replacement level fertility rates.When the population is too low, economies contract, and lead to a shrinking labour force…
During his professional training, while being exposed to different aspects of medicine, Dr. Shanik found endocrinology to be the most appealing. Primarily, what attracted him to the specialty was the understanding of the physiology of how hormones work in the…
