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Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze

Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian Medical Journal and Chair of the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). He is Professor and Head of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at David Tvildiani Medical University, and Secretary/Treasurer of the UEMS Section of Public Health. ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
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UK Health Security Agency Publishes £500+ Spending Records: What the Data Reveals

The UK Health Security Agency has released 2026 spending records on all government procurement transactions exceeding £500, providing transparency into…

Bolton Medical Recalls Relay Pro Thoracic Stent Grafts Over Deployment Failure Risk

Bolton Medical has recalled its Relay Pro thoracic stent graft system worldwide after reports of deployment failure that may force…

Why Patient-Centred Care Fails in Practice: Georgian Study Reveals the Hidden Barriers

A new commentary in the Georgian Medical Journal reveals why patient-centred care remains incompletely realised in practice—and what healthcare systems…

UK tightens oversight of high-street health self-tests after BMJ finds safety gaps

The UK's medicines regulator is planning stricter oversight of high-street health self-tests following a BMJ investigation revealing that most manufacturers…

The Hidden Cost of Risk: When Medical Vigilance Becomes a Disease Itself

Modern medicine's focus on risk identification has created a new burden: the experience of being at risk now resembles the…

AI Reads Cardiac MRI Without Manual Labels, Outperforming Standard Models by 35%

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Cleveland Clinic have developed an AI system that interprets cardiac MRI without manual annotation,…

Exercise Hormone Irisin Shows Promise in Multiple Sclerosis Neuroprotection

A preclinical study from Mass General Brigham and University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf has identified irisin, an exercise-derived hormone, as a…

High fitness in men linked to lower atrial fibrillation risk, contradicting prior assumptions

New evidence challenges decades of clinical concern, showing that high cardiovascular fitness in men is protective against atrial fibrillation rather…