Ayurveda: (W)here is the evidence

Where is the evidence?

E d it o ri a l With the passing of the Children Act 2004 in England, I am led to dwell on the process of policy development. This is the third major shake-up I have witnessed. The first was the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 which sought a better balance between welfare and justice for troubled children. The second was the Children Act 1989 that combined public and private law, provided a...

where is the problem?

where is the problem? health scientists are constantly trying to support people by diagnosing, managing the diseases, and improving health in all possible dimensions. attention has been drawn to all aspects of health including biological, psychological, social and spiritual. the problem may lay in behavior, clinical issues, organ cites, genome and epigenome. thus it falls on us, the medical soc...

Software process improvement: where is the evidence?

Software process improvement (SPI) is around for decades: frameworks are proposed, success factors are studied, and experiences have been reported. However, the sheer mass of concepts, approaches, and standards published over the years overwhelms practitioners as well as researchers. What is out there? Are there new emerging approaches? What are open issues? Still, we struggle to answer the que...

Treatment of atelectasis: where is the evidence?

Lobar atelectasis is a common problem caused by a variety of mechanisms including resorption atelectasis due to airway obstruction, passive atelectasis from hypoventilation, compressive atelectsis from abdominal distension and adhesive atelectasis due to increased surface tension. However, evidence-based studies on the management of lobar atelectasis are lacking. Examination of air-bronchograms...

Digital natives: where is the evidence?