Tag Archives: European

Rectal STIs are still not being diagnosed in many European cities, due to inadequate screening

Despite improvements in the quality of sexual health screening over the past decade, men who have sex with men living in many European cities report not having tests that would detect rectal gonorrhoea or chlamydia, data from the European MSM Internet Survey (EMIS) show. Improvements have mostly been seen in western Europe, with gaps most… Read More »

Combination therapy ‘favourable’ in long-term acne treatment – European Pharmaceutical Review

According to Rutgers researchers, physicians are scaling back on prescribing antibiotics for long-term acne treatment in favour of a combination of therapies. Prolonged use of antibiotics can affect the microbiome (the trillions of bacteria, viruses and fungi that inhabit our bodies) in areas other than the skin, resulting in disease. The Rutgers report noted that… Read More »

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 74 | European Money, Postpartum Care, & Social Determinants of Health

Health in 2 Point 00 Mar 22, 2019• Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I are standing on a roof answering health tech questions from the Digital Health Commercialization Panel event in San Francisco. In this episode, Jess asks me about all the money that is being raised or spent in the… Read More »