Commentary: Missing the mark but we must keep trying

Commentary: Chlamydia trachomatis screening: what are we trying to do?

Chlamydia trachomatis is a sexually transmitted infection that can cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) which can lead to infertility and ectopic pregnancy. Infection is often asymptomatic, detectable with a urine test, and cured by single dose therapy. These characteristics are similar to another infection Neisseria gonorrhoeae. In the US, a N. gonorrhoeae control programme began in the mid...

Firearm injury prevention counseling: are We missing the mark?

OBJECTIVE To determine whether pediatricians accurately estimate the likelihood of gun ownership among their patients' families. Design. Self-administered, written surveys completed simultaneously by pediatricians and their patients' parents. SETTING A total of 23 pediatric practices and hospital-based clinics in three cities in the United States. SUBJECTS A total of 66 pediatricians paired...

Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa: Are We Missing the Mark?

You Must Keep Money Moving

Video analysis is an effective tool in understanding physics and from the students’ point of view a popular activity. It sometimes occurs that movies recorded by students are not well fit for analysis: the motion may be too quick for recording with a normal camera or webcam, perspective distortion may cause problems, or manual collection of video data may be too timeconsuming. In the first case...

Optimum sedation and analgesia in critical illness: we need to keep trying

Many studies have documented patients' distressing recollections of the intensive care unit (ICU). The study by van de Leur and colleagues, conducted in a group of surgical ICU patients with moderate severity of sickness, found that the frequency of such unpleasant memories was increased in those able to recall factual information about their stay in the ICU. The study did not include sedation ...