OBJECTIVE To investigate frequency of sexual encounters with new partners abroad in patients attending a genitourinary clinic (GUM). METHODS In a case series 464 attenders at a genitourinary medicine clinic completed an anonymous self-administered questionnaire, if they had been abroad recently, enquiring about sexual behaviour abroad. RESULTS 28.4% of subjects admitted to sex with a new pa...

BACKGROUND Patients with contact to healthcare-system in high-prevalence countries (HPC) and refugee patients in hospital settings (REF) have previously been identified to be at risk of carrying multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO). Comparative studies addressing the epidemiology of MDRO in patients transferred from hospitals abroad (ABROAD) and REF are lacking but are necessary to introduce re...

In vitro fertilization, popularly referred to as IVF, has captured the attention of the public since its sensational introduction in 1978. Today assisted reproductive technology is available throughout most of the civilized world, and the practice is largely different from that used during the early days. Refinements in laboratory technology and clinical practice have allowed IVF to evolve into...

Dear editors, " In the past, desperate conditions on another continent might cynically be written out of one's memory. The process of globalization has already made such an option impossible… There are no health sanctuaries… The separation between domestic and international health problems is no longer useful. " This is the second summer of my medical school years that I spent abroad to learn m...