Commentary: recurrent headaches: making what works available to those who need it

Commentary: Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

In this commentary, the author asks, can educators learn from being reminded of moments of poor judgment or inappropriate behavior in the history of medical education, or should these incidents not be revived and revisited? The question is posed in relation to the accompanying article in this issue by Halperin, which examines the publication of a medical textbook that featured pin-up style phot...

Colorectal cancer control: providing adequate care to those who need it.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a notable cause of death and an extremely important tumor in cancer control efforts. There have been tremendous declines in CRC incidence and mortality because of the effectiveness of screening and treatment. Indeed at a time when there is tremendous debate about screening for many cancers, there is no debate that CRC screening and treatment are preventing many deaths...

Experiences with making diffraction image data available: what metadata do we need to archive?

Recently, the IUCr (International Union of Crystallography) initiated the formation of a Diffraction Data Deposition Working Group with the aim of developing standards for the representation of raw diffraction data associated with the publication of structural papers. Archiving of raw data serves several goals: to improve the record of science, to verify the reproducibility and to allow detaile...

Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.

Tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.