Commentary: Radical Cardiac Weight Reduction

Commentary: a radical future for public health.

Medicine Development Needs Radical Reform: Commentary

Medicines are a vital and an expensive component of health care. The present situation with regard both to the development and licensing of medicines, and to their pricing and supply are in a state that damages the provision of healthcare particularly in poorer countries but also throughout the world. There is surprisingly widespread agreement that the whole process requires radical reform. The...

Cardiac Tumors: A Brief Commentary

Patients with cardiac tumors may present with cardiovascular related or constitutional symptoms, but more often than not a cardiac mass is discovered incidentally during an imaging examination performed for an unrelated indication. Cardiac myxoma is generally considered to be a surgical emergency. Echocardiography, including the transesophageal approach, is the most important means of diagnosis...

Commentary: physical activity and weight control.

References 1 Luke A, Cooper RS. Physical activity does not influence obesity risk: Time to clarify the public health message. Int J Epidemiol 2013; doi:10.1093/ije/dyt159. 2 Ng SW, Popkin BM. Time use and physical activity: a shift away from movement across the globe. Obes Rev 2012;13:659–80. 3 Dugas LR, Harders R, Merrill S et al. Energy expenditure in adults living in developing compared with...

Commentary on: Nipple areola reconstructing reduction mammaplasty.