Surgeons have appealed for more prudence and diligence on the road amid the "alarming" rate of increasing road traffic tragedies” over the past weeks.
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Derrick Rossi, the professor who discovered modified mRNA – the scientific innovation behind the Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus vaccines – had Malte
Orthopaedic surgeons have come out strongly against stem-cell interventions being practised, saying they are of unproven benefit, with an unclear scientific basis, and resulting in “uncontrolled and unethical experimentation on patients”.
The nature of these treatments still lacks high-level substantiation, the Association of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeons of Malta said in a position paper, claiming “little to no evidence of long-term efficacy, and certainly no lasting long-term structural improvement”.
For these reasons, AOTSM, said it could not recommend adult stem cell therapy as a validated treatment option for musculoskeletal conditions.
It called for stakeholders, including patient advocacy groups, medical societies and regulatory agencies, to come together to raise awareness, educate physicians and patients and ascertain the differences between rigorously-tested stem cell interventional therapy against the “unproven nebulousness of what are currently researc
Household gatherings need to be restricted further over Easter to stop the spike in COVID-19 cases, a number of medical associations have insisted.
In a joint statement, the associations welcomed the recent restrictions announced by the government, although they said that restrictions have sometimes been too little, too late.
They thanked all those respecting the directives but insisted that household gatherings are curtailed over the Easter period. Only a maximum of two households should be allowed and only because working parents may need to leave their children with other family members. Strict safety measures need to be adhered to, even within households, the associations said.