Are technical meetings worth it?

Patient Isolation Precautions: Are They Worth It?

Isolation precautions are intended to minimize pathogen transmission and reduce hospital-acquired infections. More recently, the effectiveness of isolation precautions has been questioned because of increasing evidence of risks. These putative downsides are divided into a quantifiable monetary cost (i.e., a literal cost to the system) and clinically important but less easily quantifiable costs ...

Prescription charges: are they worth it?

While Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland have abandoned charges for prescriptions, in April the English saw prescription charges rise once again, to £8.05 (€10; $13.5) per prescribed item. Labour peer David Lipsey has suggested that the charges are, “a dog’s dinner lacking any basis in fairness or logic and stuffed with anomalies and inconsistencies.” But apart from unfairness, illogicality,...

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Are Student Exchange Programs Worth It?

Are Student Exchange Programs Worth It? The number of university students participating in exchange programs has risen sharply over the last decade, but a survey of Swiss university graduates (class of 1999 and 2001) shows that participation in student exchange programs significantly prolongs the period of time spent studying at university. Given this fact, the advantages of exchange programs f...

Tolerance--is it worth it?

We are entering an exciting time in the study of immunologic tolerance. Several cellular and molecular strategies have been developed that show promise in nonhuman transplant models and these approaches are just now appearing in clinical trials. Tolerance strategies that prevent immune rejection and obviate the need for immunosuppressive medications (with inherent risk of cancer, infection, and...