Editorial comment: Final report

Editorial Comment: Therapeutic Orphans

By an odd and unfortunate twist of fate, infants and children are becoming “therapeutic or pharmaceutical orphans.”1 Since 1962 they have been denied the use of many new drugs. The Drug Laws of 1962 had their inception following a pediatric tragedy—the thalidomide catastrophe. The laws of 1938 followed another which resulted from the use of a pediatric dosage form, “elixir” of sulfanilamide. By...

Editorial comment: The Nuss procedure.

the quality of life in young male adults with pectus excavatum deformity. Nakajima T. Stress distribution on the thorax after the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum results in different patterns between adult and child patients. Postoperative consumption of opioid analgesics following correction of pectus excavatum is influenced by pectus severity: a single-centre study of 236 patients undergo...

Document Title : GIAVAP – final report final PROJECT FINAL REPORT

Comment on Editorial; Best Research for Low Income Countries

Achieving a practical and productive balance in collaborative research between partners from high and lower income countries (North-South Collaborations) requires seeking win-win solutions. This issue requires time to engage each other and to understand each participant’s research priorities and to identify areas of mutual interest. In SACTRC’s experience, key elements include; building researc...

Final farewell editorial--12 years of progress.

I n 12 years, the Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development (JRRD) has transformed from a small Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) house-organ into a leading international rehabilitation research publication , benefitting Veterans, all persons with disabilities, and those who care for them. At JRRD, we have fully honored U.S. Public Law 729 passed in 1948, which established the origin...