Have you ever taken an upside-down peek at your medical chart, only to bristle at seeing “SOB” written on it? Don’t take offense! “SOB,” in this context, is likely to stand for “shortness of ...

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 ...

Sometimes we have a lot to say, but little time to say it. That’s where acronyms come in and help speed things up. What exactly is an acronym? It’s a word comprised of the first initials of the other ...