Fool’s gold? Why blinded trials are not always best

medicinal plants and antioxidants: why they are not always beneficial?

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Why Elite Athletes Do Not Always Make The Best Coaches

Introduction Successful athletes nearing the end of their careers have traditionally been recruited in large numbers as coaches in elite performance settings. However, I believe that high performance athletes do not necessarily make good coaches, tend to be overrated in terms of their potential, and are provided with disproportionate opportunities to access high profile coaching positions. The ...

Medicinal Plants And Antioxidants: Why They Are Not Always Beneficial?

Oxidative stress is defined as an imbalance between stress and the available protective elements suggested playing a crucial role in induction of diseases. Medicinal plants mostly combat these complications with their antioxidant activities. Several preclinical and epidemiological studies have found an inverse association between the consumption of fruits, vegetables and/or grains which general...

Guidelines in real life. Why are they not always enforced?

Why "improved" water sources are not always safe.

Existing and proposed metrics for household drinking-water services are intended to measure the availability, safety and accessibility of water sources. However, these attributes can be highly variable over time and space and this variation complicates the task of creating and implementing simple and scalable metrics. In this paper, we highlight those factors - especially those that relate to s...