Pearls
Speakers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar's Grand Rounds, coordinated by the Division of Continuing Professional Development, share their 'pearls of wisdom' about their chosen field of interest with us.
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Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is the most common movement disorder and the second most common degenerative disease of the central nervous system, globally. A recent study reported that incident cases of PD in 2008 was 27-43 per 100,000 individuals in the Middle Eastern area...
Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) refers to the combination of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), asthma, and hypersensitivity reactions to cyclooxygenase (COX-1) inhibitors such as aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)...
The month of Movember provides an opportunity for healthcare practitioners to focus on various aspects of men’s health, paying particular attention to prostate and testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention, especially in young adults. Overall, men die on average five years younger than women...
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in females in Qatar (and worldwide), with a calculated percentage of 40% of all female cancers diagnosed between 2016-2018 in Qatar. It is also the second most common cause of cancer death in women...
The classical Philadelphia-chromosome negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) – essential thrombocythemia (ET), polycythemia vera (PV) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF) – are chronic blood cancers that cause...
Our understandings of the information and scientific ecosystems intersect when we consider how we find, evaluate, and apply evidence to make health-related choices. Being literate means...
One of the most common reasons that individuals seek medical care is the occurrence of chest pain. In fact, chest pain is responsible for more than 6.5 million visits to the emergency room...
Down syndrome (DS), caused by total or partial trisomy of chromosome 21, is the most frequent chromosomal disease in live newborns. As of 2016, approximately 1 in every 772 liveborn babies in the USA had DS (13.0 per 10,000)...
Despite dramatic improvements in childhood mortality in recent decades, around 5 million children continue to die every year around the world. There are widespread disparities in the chance of survival of a child born today...
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), comprised of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, is characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract and elevated pro-inflammatory markers. Inflammatory bowel disease mainly affects...