Winter 2021-22 Issue

News

Clinical update on the pharmacotherapy of borderline personality disorder

By Gaia Vetere

Education & Teaching and Opinions

Incorporating medical leadership and management into the undergraduate medical curriculum

By Rahul Winayak

Not as simple as great experience: student volunteers in research

By Daisy Campen

A journey through time in global surgery

By Joana Letícia Spadoa

Competition

Cardiff University Surgical Society’s Art and Poetry Competition 2021: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Where Medicine Meets Dentistry

Reviews

What is the evidence that saliva is a suitable alternative to serum in the diagnosis of systemic disease? A review of the literature

By Liam Fletcher

Does buccal infiltration efficacy change with articaine or lidocaine use in posterior teeth?

By Rebecca Pullin, Scott Kilpatrick

Should mindfulness-based stress reduction programmes be implemented in medical schools to foster student wellbeing?

By Larai Bowers

To what extent does education disparity affect the prevalence of female genital mutilation in Sudan?

By Kamal El-Badawi

What barriers do men who have sex with men face for using pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV? A comparative study between high-, and low- and middle-income countries

By Christopher Rainforth

The impact of diabetic ketoacidosis on cognitive function and its importance in forming prevention strategies

By Ishani Rakshit

Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: an underestimated cause for thunderclap headache in emergency settings

By Hateem Rafeeque

COVID-19 and cardiac surgery: investigating the effect of short-term delay of elective cardiac surgery on mortality rate and hospital capacity

By Mohamad Aljarad

Does the Notch signalling pathway play a role in hypoxia-induced renal fibrosis?

By Kesri Gajadhar

Understanding the antenatal care experiences of women who have a learning disability in the UK

By Eleanor Priestnall

The role of human milk oligosaccharides, and mode of feeding and delivery in the development of necrotising enterocolitis in the neonatal gut

By Kamal El-Badawi

Research articles

A case of differing oligodontia in monozygotic twins

By Asha Pandya-Sharpe

Expected functional loss and factors affecting recovery in patients with traumatic peripheral nerve injury in the upper limb

By Harris Mangal

Using machine learning for rapid intracranial haemorrhage segmentation on axial computed tomography slices

By Frederick Renyard

Chest x-rays as a routine follow up in testicular cancer patients: are they necessary

By Joshua Petersen

Evaluating how the use of patient information leaflets tailored to a given condition improve health outcomes

By Abyrami Sivanandarajah

Senior editors/referees

Senior Editors and list of referees, Winter 2021-22