Handlebar injury in children: Are we ignoring the signs?

Vitamin D in preventive medicine: are we ignoring the evidence?

Vitamin D is metabolised by a hepatic 25-hydroxylase into 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and by a renal 1alpha-hydroxylase into the vitamin D hormone calcitriol. Calcitriol receptors are present in more than thirty different tissues. Apart from the kidney, several tissues also possess the enzyme 1alpha-hydroxylase, which is able to use circulating 25(OH)D as a substrate. Serum levels of 25(OH)D ...

Are We Ignoring the Real Needs of the Young?

sal goal. But reality is such that the vast majority of people at any age can never reach this level of fulfilment, and their lives will inevitably remain dull and sterile in many ways. We seem to be pouring far more effort into whipping up aspirations than into satisfying them, and the danger presented by this situation to mental health is obvious. But even if we are very much aware of adolesc...

Reflection for the undergraduate on writing in the portfolio: where are we now and where are we going?

Introduction: The portfolio can be seen as a tool for assessmentof a variety of learning activities that differ in content, usage, andassessment. The portfolio not only meets the learner’s educationalneeds but also the political and public reassurance demand thatthe health professional has achieved the required competency ofthe curriculum that allows him or her to practice safely with orwithout...

Depression: are we ignoring an important comorbidity in heart failure?

pproximately 5 million Americans are currently living ith heart failure (HF), and 550,000 new cases are diagosed yearly (1,2). Patients with HF demonstrate a poor uality of life compared with patients who have other hronic diseases, scoring poorly on measures of physical unction, emotional well-being, and overall social function 3,4). Studies have shown that patients with HF have high ates of d...

Intra-abdominal injury in handlebar hernia.