/library/oar/handle/123456789/26687 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:32:11 GMT 2025-11-06T11:32:11Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/27003 Title: The Synapse : the Medical Professionals' Network : volume 16 : issue 5 Editors: Ellul, Ian C.; Galea, Wilfred Abstract: 1/ ELLUL, I. C. - Blockchain & healthcare : will there be offspring? -- 2/ BORG, A., & MAGRO, R. - Vitamin D : its role in the musculoskeletal system and beyond -- 3/ FARRUGIA JONES, C. - Updates on the management of COPD -- 4/ What about the weeds? 5/ VASSALLO, P. - Detecting breast cancer : 2D vs 3D imaging. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/27003 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/26998 Title: Detecting breast cancer : 2D vs 3D imaging Authors: Vassallo, Pierre Abstract: The month of October has become synonymous with an increased awareness of breast cancer. The amount of information presented on the media about breast cancer during the month of October is frequently overwhelming and often confusing. We should not be more aware of breast cancer during October, simply because the incidence of breast cancer is the same all year around. However, October serves as a yearly wake-up call to the importance of being proactive in the detection and treatment of breast cancer. It has also become a calendar event for organising fund-raising activities for breast cancer treatment and research. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/26998 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/26977 Title: What about the weeds? Authors: Azzopardi, Marika; Attard, Everaldo Abstract: Professor Everaldo Attard is perhaps one of the most eclectic persons Marika Azzopardi has met so far. His many hats are somewhat interlinked to certain facets of his life both professional and not, and yet all are somewhat distinct in character. So much so, this rich interview risked the requirement of a sequel. I meet him at the University of Malta, in his office from where he is not only an Associate Professor in Agricultural Chemistry & Pharmacognosy, but also co-ordinates the Division of Rural Sciences and Food Systems under the umbrella of the Institute of Earth Systems. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/26977 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/26975 Title: Updates on the management of COPD Authors: Farrugia Jones, Cynthia Abstract: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease has long been defined by chronic bronchitis and emphysema, with patients being placed in one category or the other. This excluded the airflow obstruction which is predominant in COPD. Recent studies show different mechanisms of airflow obstruction: loss of support of the small airways in emphysema, chronic inflammation taking part in the smaller airways, and presence of mucus in the small airways. COPD has now a more flexible definition of preventable and treatable disease with airflow limitation that is not fully reversible and an inflammatory response to noxious particles. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/26975 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z