Science

Antibiotic resistance refers to the development of bacteria’s resistance to antibiotics. As a result, these medicines can lose their effectiveness, meaning that bacterial infections can no longer be treated effectively. Read on to find out how resistance develops, what risks it poses and how this problem can be tackled.

Research into gender-specific differences between men and women in terms of health and illness has led to numerous new findings. Read here to find out what accounts for the ‘small difference’ between the sexes, how gender medicine addresses this, what the gender health gap is all about, and what challenges the still-young field of gender medicine faces.