Bioactive Glasses and Glass/Polymer Composites for Neuroregeneration: Should We Be Hopeful?

Systemic therapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: how hopeful should we be?

Worldwide, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer and the third most common cause of cancer-related death. In the U.S., 18,510 new cancers of the liver and intrahepatic bile duct are expected in 2006, with an estimated 16,200 deaths. The incidence rates for HCC in the U.S. continued to rise steadily through 1998 and doubled during the period 1975-1995. Unresectable or me...

I-14: Assisted Reproduction and Religion What Consideration Should Be and Should Not Be Relevant,

Several important issues are pertinent to an ethical discussion of the new technology today grouped under the name Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART). This is a moral imperative because each of us must decide what is to be considered ethically acceptable in assisted reproduction. Reflecting on the ethical dimension of ‘creating’ a new human life can play a major role in ensuring that in eac...

Should we be screening for ovarian cancer?

Ovarian cancer carries the worst prognosis of all gynaecological cancers, with an overall five-year survival rate of around 30-40 percent. For women diagnosed with early-stage disease the five-year survival rate is over 80 percent1. Majority of the ovarian cancers present in advanced stages due to vague symptoms. Advanced stage disease carries a poor fiveyear survival rate of around 15 percent....

Should we all be vegetarians?

Should Glasses Be Prescribed for All Children with Moderate Hyperopia?

Research has shown that the preschool years are a vital time for children to acquire the language skills necessary to succeed in school. In 1965, as part of the “war on poverty” in the United States, the Head Start program was started to help preschool children from low-income families improve their readiness for school. However, by the time a child starts the Head Start program, it may be too ...