https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/35009 2026-03-13T15:03:56Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14076 Title: The Synapse : the medical professionals' network : volume 14 : issue 3 Editors: Galea, Wilfred; Ellul, Ian C. Abstract: Apart from the normal articles regarding medicine, this issue contains also the following: Proper disposal of medicines for a Greener Fu ture (MPSA) - Tricia Micallef 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14075 Title: Large intestinal (colorectal) cancer screening Authors: Vassallo, Pierre Abstract: The large intestine is composed of the colon and rectum and is the third most common site of cancer in the body. Colorectal cancer affects both males and females equally and is the second most common cause of death from cancer. Screening for colorectal cancer can reduce deaths from this condition significantly.1 The aim of screening is to detect precancerous/ cancer-prone lesions before they become malignant. Screening methods include Faecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT), Double Contrast Barium Enema (DCBE), Computed Tomographic Colonography (CTC) and Colonoscopy. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14074 Title: A life dedicated to pharmacy Authors: Sant Fournier, Mary Ann Abstract: The Synapse meets Mary Ann Sant Fournier presently President of the Malta Chamber of Pharmacists, and visiting Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine & Surgery, UOM. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14073 Title: The cholesterol controversy : part 2 Authors: Cilia Vincenti, Albert Abstract: Part 2 of the article. The relationship between saturated fats and cholesterol in foods, and blood cholesterol levels and cardiac pathology, is the most serious current controversy in nutritional science. It is not only confusing doctors but also undermining the credibility of medical science among the general public. Generations of doctors that since the 1950s had been led to believe that too much dietary saturated fats and cholesterol was linked to increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, are now expected to accept claims that this was all a fable based on bad science. Description: Part 1 of this article can be found through this link: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/13986 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z