It’s pretty common to get your medical records and just stare at them, right? Like, what even *is* ‘SOB’ or ‘Hx’? Doctors use so many abbreviations, it’s like a secret code. And now with all this talk ...

As is traditional after a bank-holiday weekend, this week’s column will try not to tax your brain cells too much. So let’s have a look at medical slang. Medical jargon is something some readers will ...

Medical Matters/Dr Muiris Houston: Such was the response to my last bank-holiday column on medical humour that I have been inveigled… Medical Matters/Dr Muiris Houston: Such was the response to my ...

The use of acronyms to name clinical trials is increasingly popular yet controversial. 1,2 We evaluated whether the naming of a trial with an acronym is associated with a distinctive effect on ...