Medical Principles and Practiceí is a general medical journal that focuses on recent advances made in basic medical sciences and clinical practice. It reflects the broad spectrum of work conducted by scientists and physicians from around the world at the Kuwait University faculty of medicine since its foundation in 1976. The international character of their contributions has resulted in the journal attracting original papers, reviews, reports and short communications not only from Kuwait and the Middle East, but also from the international scientific and medical communities as a whole.