/library/oar/handle/123456789/12467 2025-12-27T20:56:49Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/14090 Title: The Synapse : the medical professionals' network : volume 14 : issue 6 Editors: Galea, Wilfred; Ellul, Ian C. Abstract: Apart from the normal articles regarding medicine, this issue contains also the following: The Synapse eLearning videos; Heard in the grapevine - why elephants do not get cancer; MPSA update - Renata Busuttil; The eyes and vision in Star Trek - Victor Grech; To Romania & back (Maria Galea) - Marika Azzopardi 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/14089 Title: Diagnostic imaging of mass lesions in the hand Authors: Vassallo, Pierre Abstract: Mass lesions in the hand are not common. However, a run of clinical cases that the author encountered in recent weeks prompted him to write on the subject. Lesions of the epidermis and dermis and those of bony origin will not be discussed in this article. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/14088 Title: The cholesterol controversy : the series Authors: Cilia Vincenti, Albert Abstract: In the previous instalment we learnt how Ronald Krauss, one of the most respected nutrition researchers, had worked out that LDL-cholesterol consisted of two sub-fractions, one with large soft particles and the other with small dense particles, and that the small dense particle sub-fraction was the one linked to atherosclerosis and not the other. He also noted that saturated fats increased the “good” sub-fraction and lowered the “bad” sub-fraction, and that carbohydrates did the opposite. This suggested that carbohydrates were implicated in atherosclerosis rather than saturated fat. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/14087 Title: Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds : the way forward? Authors: Vella, Claire Abstract: With the sheer breadth of emerging evidence in the field, cardiology is remarkable in its ability to evolve and grow. The Malta Cardiac Society Conference in October 2015 discussed many advances in the specialty, but especially exciting was the announcement of the introduction of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) carried out in Malta. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z