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Petra Kittner

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 29, 2026
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Jul 9, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Petra Kittner

    Junior Doctors Work 57 Hours a Week: Is This Sustainable? (opens the original)

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    How satisfied are doctors at the start of their careers with their work, continuing education, and personal lives? The REST JD Report, published in 2025 by the European Junior Doctors Association (EJD), provides a Europe-wide overview using a standardized methodology. The survey included doctors in specialty training in 26 countries. A total of 6165 responses were received, of which 5831 responses from 19 countries met the specified response rates and were included in the analysis. The participa

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Petra Kittner

    How Eating Disorders Become a National Concern (opens the original)

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    Historian Alice Weinreb of Loyola University Chicago in Chicago has traced the evolution of anorexia nervosa using materials from several dozen archives across eight countries. Weinreb, whose 2017 book Modern Hungers: Food and Power in Twentieth-Century Germany examined hunger and nutrition in 20th-century Europe, is now exploring how anorexia nervosa grew from an obscure condition into a widely recognized diagnosis that now occupies a prominent place in society. In 1978, the German-American ped

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Petra Kittner

    Experts Say One Menopause Treatment Cannot Fit Every Woman (opens the original)

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    During the “Modern Medicine: Menopause” lecture hosted by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, general practitioners and menopause specialists Claire Phipps, MBBS, BMS advanced menopause specialist, London Gynaecology Ltd, and Sarah Glynne, MBBS, MRCGP, Claire Mellon & Associates, The Portland Hospital, London, England, discussed evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and hormone therapy. Their message to clinicians was clear: Menopause varies considerably from woma

  4. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Petra Kittner

    Freeman’s Lobotomy to Deep Brain Stimulation: What Changed? (opens the original)

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    American neurologist Walter J. Freeman II (1895-1972) became one of the most influential and controversial figures in the history of lobotomy in the US. He brought the procedure to national attention and later developed a simplified technique known as transorbital lobotomy. Freeman came from a family of physicians. After studying medicine and completing his training in neurology, he moved to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, DC, where he gained attention for his unconventional approaches t

  5. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Petra Kittner

    What Caused the Deadly English Sweating Sickness? (opens the original)

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    Sudor Anglicus, the so-called “English sweating sickness,” remains one of medicine’s enduring mysteries. The disease appeared abruptly, could turn fatal within hours in some cases, and then vanished from England after the 1551 outbreak. Between 1485 and 1551, it struck repeatedly across England, usually in the summer or early fall. Despite decades of study, the causative agent has never been identified. A 1991 clinical-historical analysis suggested enteroviruses as the most plausible explanation

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