The Horizons in Medicine series provides essential information on various specialties for a wide range of readers.
Based on the Advanced Medicine conference organised annually by the Royal College of Physicians, this issue provides scientific information combined with key lessons in clinical practice. It includes important updates on emerging infectious diseases such as bird flu, HIV and diseases of the returning traveller and new developments relating to:
new treatments for severe asthma in relation to pathophysiology
pleural disease
biologics for rheumatoid arthritis
new therapies in the management of type 2 diabetes
The publication also includes an informative summary of advances in other fields of medicine and references to the achievements of modern medicine.
Specialties and lectures represented in this volume:
Cardiology
Respiratory medicine
Multi-system disease
Haematology
Skin and bones
Renal disease
Rheumatology
Neurology
Radiology
Endocrinology
Infectious diseases
Hepatology/gastroenterology
Croonian lecture [1]
Linacre Lecture [2]
For further information, please visit the Royal College of Physicians
EPHA related articles
RCP event: "Global Health: Current Issues, Future Trends and Foreign Policy"
*UPDATED* European Commission Consultation on health services
Royal College of Physicians of London
