Introduction
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, affecting millions worldwide and posing a major public health challenge due to its association with thromboembolism, heart failure, and mortality.1 Of…

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, affecting millions worldwide and posing a major public health challenge due to its association with thromboembolism, heart failure, and mortality.1 Of…

Endometriosis is a persistent gynecological condition affecting approximately 10–15% of women during their reproductive years.1–3 Characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, it leads to symptoms…
Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During their preparation for this battle, B cells transiently revert to a more flexible, or plastic, stem-cell-like…

Welcome to another edition of Countdown to 2026, and thank you for visiting the Contemporary Pediatrics website throughout 2025. Below, take a look at the top

Chlamydia is a type of obligate intracellular parasitic bacterium, a Gram-negative prokaryotic microorganism that undergoes a biphasic developmental cycle consisting of an extracellular and an intracellular phase.1,2 Chlamydia…

An article published in Nature Medicine demonstrates the effectiveness of a large-scale dementia protein database composed of identically formatted and easily combinable data. The Global Neurodegeneration Proteomics Consortium (GNPC) database…
Brisson, M. et al. Population-level impact, herd immunity, and elimination after human papillomavirus vaccination: A systematic review and meta-analysis of predictions from transmission-dynamic models. Lancet Public Health 1(1), e8–e17.