https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/47074 2026-04-04T20:59:33Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/46617 Title: Imaging diffuse liver disease : part 2 Authors: Vassallo, Pierre Abstract: CT scan protocols for the liver may be classified single-, dual- or triple-phase techniques. An initial non-contrast enhanced scan is obtained with all three techniques. In the case of a single phase technique, the nonenhanced scan is followed by a scan in the portal venous phase (40 seconds after the peak aortic enhancement). In the dual-phase technique, scans are obtained in the late hepatic arterial phase (20 seconds after peak aortic enhancement) and in the portal venous phase. In the triple-phase technique, late arterial and late portal venous scans are followed by a hepatic venous phase scan (60 seconds after peak aortic enhancement). 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/46616 Title: A journey through research and self discovery Abstract: So many Maltese doctors have travelled far and wide and created niches for themselves within new medical settings around the world. Such is the case of Dr Mark Agius who left Malta in the mid-seventies to follow medical training in the UK. Spending the first three years in General Practice training, he was obliged to follow a series of rotation jobs, which experience proved to be crucial to his eventual professional development. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/46561 Title: Pre- and probiotics in clinical practice : towards a rational approach to their use in clinical practice Authors: Attard, Thomas M. Abstract: Clinicians are increasingly involved with probiotics in the wake of society’s increased concern with the deleterious effects of antibiotics along with a trust towards more healthful foods and supplements. Pre- and probiotic agents however are not created equal and a familiarity with the key concepts and published literature is desirable. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/46558 Title: Healing and disease reversal : part 3 Authors: Cilia-Vincenti, Albert Abstract: This is the third part of a series summarising Dean Ornish's work, demonstrating that there is more to medicine than pharmaceutical drugs and surgery. His clinical research on disease reversal, in particular, may not be exactly what you learnt at medical school. He is Professor of Medicine and President of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, California University, San Francisco. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z