MedShr is attending the Malaria Summit in London on 18th April in support of the global fight to eradicate the deadly disease for good. https://youtu.be/xCoy2B4UcB4 The event is co-hosted by the Governments of Swaziland and Rwanda and convened by the RBM Partnership to End Malaria and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and will include…
Continue reading ➞ MedShr supporting the fight to eradicate malaria at the Malaria Summit in London
Most doctors have recognised for some time that dividing Diabetes into Type 1 early onset typically requiring insulin therapy and Type 2 late onset doesn’t really define the patterns that we see in clinical practice. In March 2018 a study in the Lancet identified five clusters of diabetes that could revolutionise the way we diagnose…
Continue reading ➞ Redefining diabetes: A leap closer to understanding this complex disease
The European Congress of Radiology 2018 saw a record number of delegates and companies gather in Vienna from 28th February to 4th March for one of the biggest and most innovative scientific meetings in Europe hosted by the largest radiological society in the world, the European Society of Radiology (ESR). A total of 28,474 participants…
Continue reading ➞ European Congress of Radiology 2018: Clinical Highlights
This year’s American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting took place in New Orleans from 6th to 10th March and saw attendees from all over the globe congregate for an outstanding educational and professional development experience focusing on the latest research and advancement in orthopaedic surgery. An incredible spectrum of hot topics in the field and…
Continue reading ➞ AAOS 2018 Annual Meeting: Clinical Highlights
Scientific research often boils down to a p-value; p-values are replete within medical journals, conferences, and scientific discussions. Importantly, research evidence interpreted using the p guide policy and practice. What is a p-value and what does it mean? The p stands for the probability of observed difference due to chance under an assumption, classically called…
Continue reading ➞ Demystifying statistics in medicine – the p-value
We’re excited to announce a new collaboration with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, which will be launched at the CTO Summit 2018 in New York in February! The CTO Summit Live Case Course brings together leaders in the fields of CTO intervention between 15-16th February in New York. First hand knowledge through live cases Tips and tricks…
Continue reading ➞ MedShr and CRF collaboration to launch at Chronic Total Occlusion Summit 2018!
The last session of TCT is a half day that includes Late Breaking Clinical Trials. Often sparsely attended, in recent years trials have also been simultaneously published in a peer-reviewed journal and immediately discussed in the press and on social media. The ORBITA study was a first: a placebo-controlled trial comparing PCI to a sham…
Continue reading ➞ Let’s take a look at those ORBITA Angiograms…
Developments in technology over the past 30 years have led us to an era of data collection. In healthcare, we see this as the routine computerized collection of health information. The collection of data from administrative databases, electronic medical records (EMRs), prescription dispenses, specially designed registries, as well as hospital billing records can serve as…
In 2017, thousands of doctors, medical students and healthcare professionals contributed their knowledge and engaged in fascinating case discussions on MedShr. Here is a list of the top 10 case discussions of 2017 - you'll find a range of trending cases, strange cases and cases of great educational value. We hope you enjoy reading them,…
When I began applying medical theory to practice for the first time during my internships as a medical student, I realised that it was so much more complex than what the textbooks prepare you for. I relied on the support and guidance of more experienced doctors, and I learned a lot during this time. However, I always wondered if other doctors had experienced similar cases and how they had managed them. I was also fascinated by medicine in different countries around the world.
