Come on, CDC, we need you

You know what we need?

I've listened to many of you moan about the current flat NIH budgets, lack of funding, and the frustration of being a scientist in the current depressed economy. Instead of complaining to only ourselves in the scientific community, we need to make ourselves heard by politicians and the public at large. We need a pundit.

Cases Network: we need you for the next stage

Until recently Cases Journal and the Journal of Medical Case Reports were part of BioMed Central, which, as many readers have noticed, has been sold to Springer Science+ Business Media. Cases Journal and the Journal of Medical Case Reports have not, however, been sold. Instead they will join together with Cases Database to form Cases Network. Both of these developments are good news for science...

You can come home again.

Can woodpeckers play rugby or Charles Darwin, where are you when we need you?

T here are those unenlightened folks out there who see rugby players as the classic example of coming from the shallow end of the gene pool. This is, of course, contrasted with the sport of cricket, which is seen to represent the pinnacle of human endeavour. So sublime is cricket, that Americans simply cannot understand it. There is also an argument to be made that cricket represents intelligen...

Staff Burnout… Do we need any intervention?

Dear Editor, As you know physical and mental wellness of physicians and nurses, as the main role in the treatment of patients, in conditions such as burnout, compassion fatigue, depression, and poor work-life balance, is one of the top priorities in the U.S.A. National Academy of Medicine  (1-4). Although healthcare team members are generally known as a caregiver to others;  their h...