Elective choices may not matter for residency as much as medical students think

As We May Think

As we may think: the concept space and medical hypertext.

Hypertext, a medium for presenting written material in a nonsequential manner, is gaining popularity as a format for medical text. The structure of "traditional" hypertext documents (hyperdocuments) includes author-created links among text segments. This structure poses challenge for those who create and maintain hyperdocuments, while reading them can introduce disorientation and cognitive over...

Control over Anger and Aggression: Why Mean People may not be as Mean as you Think

Buprenorphine may not be as safe as you think: a pediatric fatality from unintentional exposure.

Buprenorphine is a partial μ-opioid receptor agonist that is approved for the treatment of opioid dependency. It is generally believed to be safer than methadone because of its ceiling effect on respiratory depression. As more adults in US households use buprenorphine, an increasing number of children are being exposed. We report a fatal exposure to buprenorphine in a small child that occurred ...

AS WE MAY THINK by VANNEVAR BUSH

As Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, Dr. Vannevar Bush has coordinated the activities of some six thousand leading American scientists in the application of science to warfare. In this significant article he holds up an incentive for scientists when the fighting has ceased. He urges that men of science should then turn to the massive task of making more accessible o...