Changing the Paradigm

The Changing Paradigm of Debt

Changing paradigm and priorities

Ming-Sound Tsao, MD, FRCPC, is a Clinical Scientist in the Depart­ ment of Pathology, University Health Net work, and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto. Email: [email protected] INTRoDuCTIoN Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide among males, and the second leading cause among females. In 2008, it accounted for 13% (1.6 million)...

Hypoxic pulmonary hypertension: the paradigm is changing

Sustained hypoxia caused by migration of native sea-level dwellers to high altitude or by chronic lung disease leads to the development of increased pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary hypertension, a response to hypoxia that is unique to the pulmonary circulation. In susceptible individuals at high altitude (subacute and chronic mountain sickness) and in lung disease, the resultant pul...

Nutrition 411: changing the malnutrition paradigm .

Geriatric dentistry: a changing paradigm.

VOLUME 45 • NUMBER 4 • APRIL 2014 The practice of dentistry has changed dramatically. Technology, patient expectations, life expectancy, dental therapy, and the internet have had a profound impact on the dentistry of today. Baby boomers are living longer and are more affluent, better educated, and living healthier and more productive lives. Unlike previous generations, they have benefitted from...