Autumn 2021 Issue

News

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?: the future of managing dental anxiety with virtual reality

By Gabriella Fecci

How can folic acid prevent anencephaly? The examination of the mechanism behind folic acid and the homocysteine remethylation cycle

By Hannah Walter

New antibiotics effective against resistant bacteria

By Sruthi Nair

Dr Giovanni Biglino – An interdisciplinary approach to cardiovascular research

By Gemma Traynor

Education & Teaching, Careers and Opinions

Student perspectives on the benefits of interprofessional education experiences

By Grishma Gupta, Daniel Zahra, Jane Collingwood

Lessons learned from conducting a virtual conference

By Mariyam Mujeeb and Richard Molyneux

Sedentarism in children due to COVID-19

By Butool Fatima

The evolution from mechanical restraint to moral treatment in Victorian madhouses

By Kamal El-Badawi

The mental health narrative: do we need a rethink?

By Max Shaw

A letter re: Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in paediatric oncology

By Rhys Elgumati

Reviews

Balloon valvuloplasty surgery for the treatment of pulmonic stenosis in the dog: is there evidence for the prophylactic use of lidocaine to prevent the complications of ventricular arrhythmias?

By Isabella McNally

Gut dysbiosis: does the gut microbiome affect the development of hepatic steatosis and how can this knowledge influence future treatment?

By Liberty-Isabelle Todd

How does oxidative stress during diabetic pregnancy lead to cardiac ventricular septal defects?

By Ella French

Insights for cardiology from chaos theory

By Jay Bean

Silicone breast implants versus deep inferior epigastric perforator flap: a comparative analysis of two approaches to breast reconstruction following mastectomy

By Lowenna White

Is exercise a valuable method of preventing feelings of anxiety and depression in 16–21-year-olds during the COVID-19 lockdown?

By Anna Longley

How does defensive medicine cause harm to patients in the healthcare environment?

By Daniel Chalk

Research articles

When it rains it pours: one patient, three dental anomalies

By Nikita Dzyuba, Qui-Yi Lim, Laura Reynolds, Siobhan Barry

The anatomical success of treating rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with silicone oil compared to gas tamponade

By Victoria Vincent

Targeting glioma stem cells with Zika virus

By Paris Filippidis

Senior editors/referees

Senior Editors and list of referees, Summer 2020