GM Debate: Dispelling myths

Rhinophyma: dispelling the myths.

Rhinophyma is a relatively common condition in the west of Scotland. The Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit receives 12 to 13 new patients per year for surgical treatment. The reported incidence of simultaneous carcinoma in the setting of rhinophyma is on the order of 15 to 30 percent. There are conflicting reports about the association between alcohol and rhinophyma in the literature, and these ...

Dispelling the Myths of Panic

IN BRIEF •Research regarding human behavior in disaster and emergency scenarios contradicts commonly held beliefs regarding the propensity for people to panic and perform other antisocial behaviors. •Empirical data show that typical human behavior in disaster and emergency scenarios is prosocial, based on social relations and norms. •Although social, typical human behaviors in disaster and emer...

Access to new cancer medicines in Australia: dispelling the myths and informing a public debate.

Despite the high level of spending on cancer medicines in Australia, consumer organisations and the pharmaceutical industry often make claims of delayed or lack of access to new cancer medicines-claims that are frequently supported by prominent coverage in the Australian media. These claims, while morally and psychologically compelling, tend to ignore the complexity of medicines funding decisio...

Dispelling Seven Myths about Grid Resource Management

Grid resource management is often viewed as scheduling for large, long-running, compute-intensive, parallel applications. This view is narrow, as we will argue in this article. Grids today encompass diverse resources including machines, users and applications. Moreover, grid users make different demands from different resources. Therefore, grid infrastructures must adopt a greater responsibilit...

Emergency contraception: dispelling the myths and misperceptions.