Background Substantial amounts of public funds are invested in health research worldwide.
Publicly funded randomised controlled trials (RCTs) often recruit participants at a slower …

The stomach is traditionally regarded as a hollow muscular sac that initiates the second
phase of digestion. Yet this simple view ignores the fact that it is the most sophisticated …

The diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia is often confirmed with standard, albeit complex
and expensive, tests. In many cases, however, the diagnosis remains difficult despite the …

Trust and confidence are critical to the success of health care models. There are two main
methods for achieving this: transparency (people can see how the model is built) and …

This article is an overview of the present and ongoing developments in the field of
nanomaterial-based sensors for enabling fast, relatively inexpensive and minimally (or non-) …

Background Readmissions to hospital are increasingly being used as an indicator of quality
of care. However, this approach is valid only when we know what proportion of readmissions …

A joint initiative by the British Thoracic Society and the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in
Great Britain and Ireland was undertaken to update the 2001 guidelines for the selection …

The importance of developing new diagnostic and detection technologies for the growing
number of clinical challenges is rising each year. Here, we present a concise, yet didactic …

Background Poor recruitment to randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is a widespread
problem. Provision of interventions aimed at supporting or incentivising clinicians may …

The detection of many diseases is missed because of delayed diagnoses or the low efficacy
of some treatments. This emphasizes the urgent need for inexpensive and minimally …