What has gone wrong in Hong Kong?

What has gone wrong in stroke research?

What has gone wrong with modern medical care?

kindled early morning fire, there is now at last a renewed and growing recognition of how much the so-called humanities contribute to good medical practice. This reminds us clearly about how far modern medicine has been pushed off course from real care of patients. As valuable as scientific knowledge is, alone it is not enough. From earliest civilization there has been strong recognition that t...

France shows what has gone wrong in the UK and US.

The outcome of the French presidential election, in which the Republican Francois Fillon, Front National’s Marine Le Pen, and the Socialist Party will be vying for position in April 2017, could have wide reaching implications for public health in Europe. Concerns over living standards in France will influence the vote— could income inequality and poor health also influence voting, as it seems t...

Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Psychiatric Illnesses: What Has Gone Wrong and What Should We Do Next?

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Has dengue found its home in Hong Kong?

In Hong Kong, the recent report of locally acquired dengue cases has raised concern about the introduction of dengue virus in our community. Within just over a month, three people with no travel history during the incubation period have been confirmed to have dengue virus infection. As there was no epidemiological link between the third patient and the previous two, multiple sources of infectio...