Editorial: Expensive medical technology -- we can, but should we?

We Can, but Should We?

We can, but should we? After recently reflecting upon our profession as pediatric critical care physicians , I concluded that this one complex question gets asked many times throughout the day – or at least it should. A recent report discussed an emerging paradigm in pediatric critical care medicine (1). With more and more chronic patients filling our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), perha...

Yes, We Can! (Should We?).

Yes we can, but do we?

In recent decades, a curious demographic phenomenon has emerged in US science. A high and increasing proportion of PhD students and postdocs, especially in the life sciences, are drawn from beyond the shores of North America. The reasons for this are undoubtedly complex. One factor is the widespread perception in the USA that a career in academic science is marked by low salaries, poor job secu...

Editorial Atherosclerosis Should We Stop TWEAKing It ?

Atherosclerosis is a very complex pathology. Over the past two decades we have come to appreciate that a major component of this pathological process is chronic inflammation. This inflammatory state is not only characterized by infiltration of lipid laden macrophages, the hallmark cell of this disease, into the vascular wall, but also is characterized by the infiltration of a host of other infl...

Editorial : We ' ve Come a Long Way but Are We

The two-part article on the development and implementation of a resident classification system for long-term care facilities by Cathy Charles and Corinne Schalm in this issue of the Journal merits special attention. The description of the process and work involved in attempting to develop an equitable funding arrangement for these facilities provides a good example of the contribution applied r...