Health Care Ethics Consultation. Individual Consultant or Committee Model?: Pros and Cons

Clinical ethics committees--pros and cons.

Pros and cons of antiseptic cord care.

Stories in Games for Health: More Pros or Cons?

There has been a debate about whether entertainment videogames should incorporate story or narrative. A concern has been whether story cut scenes break game immersion, and thereby minimize the fun of gameplay. Alternatively, games for health (G4H) have an agenda that goes beyond just having fun. The possible role of story in G4H has not been thoroughly addressed. We have assembled a group of ex...

Nanoparticles: Health Effects—Pros and Cons

With the advent of nanotechnology, the prospects for using engineered nanomaterials with diameters of < 100 nm in industrial applications, medical imaging, disease diagnoses, drug delivery, cancer treatment, gene therapy, and other areas have progressed rapidly. The potential for nanoparticles (NPs) in these areas is infinite, with novel new applications constantly being explored. The possible ...

Diabetes Pci or Cabg: Pros & Cons

Diabetes is challenging for revascularization due to specific disease related high risk clinical and angiographic features. In the early 90’s CABG was the preferred modality of revascularization in diabetics with multivessel disease due to high rate restenosis rates with percutaneous angioplasty alone (POBA) and bare metal stents (BMS). With advent of drug eluting stents (DES) the role of PCI i...