World AIDS Day is annually marked on December 1st. This global health awareness day was established in 1988 to support HIV-infected people and remember the estimated 40 million people who have died of AIDS-related illnesses since the beginning of the pandemic.1-4 The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic brought with it increased concern about HIV and AIDS as health issues of global significance.
Analyzing breakthroughs in cervical cancer to help address the unmet need
March is MS awareness month and is a great opportunity to give people confidence to speak up and share stories. The goal of this month for the National MS Society is to “help people better understand life with MS and become inspired to do whatever it takes to change the world for people living with [the condition]”.1
The Corpus is excited to be attending the Medical Affairs Professionals Society conference in New Orleans, Louisiana next week. Over 700 Medical Affairs professionals from around the world will gather at the conference which will feature industry-leading programming, best practice sharing, and plenty of opportunities for networking. This will be our first live event since 2020 and we are looking forward to seeing everyone in person again!
Epilepsy affects approximately 50 million people worldwide and The WHO estimates that up to 70%1 of them could live seizure-free if properly diagnosed and treated. Epilepsy is a chronic disease of the central nervous system which affects people of all ages, ethnicities, locations and socio-economic backgrounds. It is characterised by recurrent, unprovoked seizures, resulting from abnormal neural activity in the brain.2 Seizures can range in severity, type and cause, making the diagnosis and selection of the right treatment particularly difficult for physicians.
2022 is here and with it comes all of the potential promise that a new year brings. As the hours of daylight lengthen (at least, for those of us here in the Northern hemisphere), motivation to burn off the excesses of the holidays, and leave behind 2021’s baggage, is high – or is it?
Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that integrates interactive virtual content with the physical real world, such as in the form of a digital three-dimensional visual (3D) representation, thereby augmenting the perception of reality. Typically, virtual content is projected into the physical environment through the use of smart glasses, a headset or mobile/tablet device (1, 2, 3). AR is one of the most exciting technological advances in medicine and healthcare in recent times, with many novel applications being developed for use in improving patient outcomes.
This time last year we were reflecting on the light at the end of the tunnel, with a vaccine being rolled out that would help fight COVID-19. The global situation has certainly improved since then but, unfortunately, we aren’t quite out the other side just yet. 2021 repeatedly threw challenges our way and businesses were forced to continue to adapt and evolve in order to survive. As an online education provider we were in a very fortunate position, and we’ve successfully run hundreds of online meetings over the past 12 months.
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide, of which the vast majority is non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)(1). Early-stage NSCLC can be treated with surgery alone, while later stages are likely to also require adjuvant or combination therapies such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy. If gene mutations are detected among cancer cells, then targeted therapy could also be administered.
The Corpus recently ran a poll where we asked the LinkedIn community about their experiences with online networking during the pandemic. The result was unequivocal: 90% said their experience of networking virtually left something (or, in some cases, much) to be desired when compared to pre-pandemic, in-person networking meetings.