'Dental nurses should be renamed as diplomacy experts'

Trichlorobacter thiogenes should be renamed as a Geobacter species.

Should nonalcoholic fatty liver disease be renamed?

BACKGROUND None of the synonyms of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) include clinical correlates nor do they mention insulin resistance, a recognized determinant of the etiopathogenesis and natural history of NAFLD. METHOD The literature concerning the pathogenesis and definition of NAFLD is reviewed. RESULTS The reasons why NAFLD should be renamed are: (a) clinically meaningful hepa...

Why should prediction discrepancies be renamed Standardized VPC ?

We have read the paper by Wang and Zhang. We are pleased to see that other authors further illustrate and also find nice properties for an evaluation tool that we first used more than ten years ago, presented at PAGE in 2000 and published extensively first in 2006. However we disagree with some of the conclusions made by the authors, and we feel that an important reference should have been incl...

Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology should be renamed chronic agrochemical nephropathy.

Epidemics of chronic kidney disease not attributable to common causes have recently been observed in Central America and Asia. Since the etiology is unclear, the disease is often known by terms such as chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology. There is growing evidence that risk factors include rural agricultural work and agrochemical exposure. The disease should be renamed chronic agrochemic...

Schizophrenia should be renamed to help educate patients and the public.

BACKGROUND A new name for schizophrenia, reflecting a biopsychosocial conceptualization, may have utility in educating patients and the public. If readily translatable, it would be of great value in transcultural psychiatry. It may be clinically beneficial to psychoeducation in evidence-based treatment modalities such as medication management, multifamily group psycho-education and cognitive th...