Fred Cassidy: Who DAREs wins

Who dares, wins?

Despite the tremendous achievements of tissue engineering, its clinical counterpart, regenerative medicine, has rather been slow in delivering on its promise of producing natural organs from synthetic materials. It appeared that Dr. Paolo Macchiarini had broken through the stalemate in regenerative medicine when he performed an operation in which a synthetic trachea seeded with stem cells was t...

Budd-Chiari syndrome with portal, splenic, and superior mesenteric vein thrombosis treated with TIPS: who dares wins.

Gambling, Who Wins

Gambling, Who Wins? Who loses?, edited by Gerda Reith, Ph.D, examines several wide-ranging yet important topics related to gambling. This multidisciplinary compilation of essays, some written by prominent scholars in their fields, examines such questions as: How can the alluring economic benefits of gambling be balanced against the potential harm caused to a significant minority? Is problem or ...

The drug-addicted doctor--who dares to care?

Exhibitionist Eating: Who Wins Eating Competitions?

OBJECTIVE How and why does competition and spectator involvement influence eating behaviors? The primary objective of this article is to explore the nature of competitive eating with the goal of identifying implications for other social situations. DESIGN Study 1 investigated how many chicken wings were eaten by men and women in a 30-min eating competition when cheering spectators either were...