Accepting our own limitations: Perhaps technology can do better

Do we own our bodies?

Anything you can do I can do better.

Newly introduced drugs or treatments may not be substantively more effective than current therapies, but these drugs or treatments may have distinct advantages in terms of lower costs or fewer or less severe side effects. Demonstrating the utility of a novel treatment is thus unlike usual hypothesis testing, in which researchers seek to prove that treatments differ (i.e., that one treatment is ...

Citing practices in ecology: can we believe our own words?

Peer-reviewed articles are the foundation of modern ecological science. An essential component of most ecology papers is a clear, well-crafted argument that builds upon the existing research base within the subject area in question and substantiates important assumptions, technical information and opinions by accurately identifying (i.e. citing) the source material. Despite the central role of ...

Can We Become Victims of Our Own Success?

T he last 5 years seem to have marked a transition in the history of diabetes care. Whereas for two decades we have preached the importance of good glycemic control to manage the risk of diabetes associated complications, the truth of the matter is that rarely did patients with diabetes achieve target A1C levels Ͻ7%. As reported in Diabetes Care in 20008 in an analysis of the National Health an...

Are We Examining Our Patients Properly and Can We Do a Better Job?

in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease: An unusual complication. Lupus. 2010;19:1005--6. 12. Falchi L, Capello D, Palumbo B, Rauco A, Emili R, Cianciulli M, et al. A case of nodular sclerosis Hodgkin’s lymphoma repeatedly relapsing in the context of composite plasma cell-hyaline vascular Castleman’s disease: Successful response to rituximab and radiotherapy. Eur J Haematol. 2007;79:4...