A Perspective on Opioid Pharmacotherapy: Where We Are and How We Got Here

How we got here, where we are going and being a cog in something turning.

Editorial " …nanomedicine is one of the most important subjects at the very cutting edge of modern science and … Nanomedicine is the voice of this efflorescent discipline. " How we got here, where we are going and being a cog in something turning I am delighted that Nanomedicine will be going to eight issues in 2009, only 3 years after the journal's inauguration. This means that the scientific ...

Biomedical informatics: how we got here and where we are headed

This landmark issue of JAMIA is the first to introduce articles reflecting our extended scope in translational bioinformatics (TBI), as described in the editorial by Butte and Shah (see page 352). Just as medicine has evolved to rely on both molecular and clinical phenotyping, biomedical informatics has evolved to encompass the integration and analysis of information from different biological l...

nt Analysis : How We Got Here and Where We Are ( An Update )

The medical isotope crisis: how we got here and where we are going.

(99m)Tc is the most widely used radionuclide in nuclear medicine. The reactor stoppages that occurred in recent years illustrated the vulnerability of the availability of radiotracers for imaging. With many of the reactors due for shutdown over the next 5-10 y, alternative routes to producing the (99)Mo/(99m)Tc pair are being explored. This brief review examines how we have reached this situati...

Reflection for the undergraduate on writing in the portfolio: where are we now and where are we going?

Introduction: The portfolio can be seen as a tool for assessmentof a variety of learning activities that differ in content, usage, andassessment. The portfolio not only meets the learner’s educationalneeds but also the political and public reassurance demand thatthe health professional has achieved the required competency ofthe curriculum that allows him or her to practice safely with orwithout...