A New Year…A New Hope??

A new hope for Africa

After the success of the Green Revolution in conquering famine in India, Pakistan and elsewhere in Asia in the 1960s, the world entered a prolonged period of plentiful and cheap food. As documented by Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman in their book Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty, this abundance shifted attention away from further agricultural development, particularly fo...

Ectasia after LASIK: new treatments, new hope.

doi:10.3928/1081597X-20110412-01 C orneal ectasia remains a rare but potentially devastating complication after LASIK. In the past, treatment options have been limited; however, exciting advances have expanded our alternatives for visual rehabilitation. Any effective management strategy for ectasia after LASIK will encompass three fundamental principles: 1) halt the ectatic process; 2) reduce c...

New president, new congress..... new hope for science?

A new HOPE for aldosterone blockade?

Aldosterone is increasingly recognized to play an important role in the pathophysiology of heart failure due to systolic left ventricular dysfunction (SLVD) and aldosterone blockade (AB) to be effective in reducing mortality and morbidity in patients with severe chronic heart failure and heart failure due to SLVD after myocardial infarction.1,2 AB has also been shown to reduce blood pressure an...

Perspective: Resident physician wellness: a new hope.

Residency training is a challenging period in a physician's career owing to a multitude of stressors perhaps not previously encountered. In some cases, these stressors may culminate in a state of burnout. In response, much has been written about the issues of personal wellness during residency training. Recently, duty hours reform has been the major focus of addressing resident wellness; howeve...