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Nurse staffing matters: now what?

To cite: Sales A. BMJ Qual Saf 2015;24:241–243. Brooks Carthon and colleagues assess the relationship between the quality of hospital work environments for registered nurses and ‘missed care’ reported by nurses. Similar to other authors, they define missed care as care that nurses regarded as necessary but left undone due to a lack of time. Brooks Carthon and colleagues also explore the relatio...

Overweight and mortality among baby boomers--now we're getting personal.

Global Health: It Matters Now More Than Ever.

As the recent Ebola epidemic demonstrated, the world is not only smaller than ever, but it is also more intricately connected. Exotic diseases once confined to the third or developing world are now everyone's concern. Global has truly become local. Having some knowledge of and com-petencies in global health is not only relevant , but also essential, for every family physician. Many family physi...

Invited Commentary Invited Commentary: Why DDT Matters Now

The insecticide 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) has been banned in the United States since 1972, and serum levels in the general population have fallen substantially. Why then would the Journal bother to publish two articles on DDT and health in the present issue (1, 2)? The authors of the papers allude to the significance of their contributions, but their explanations meri...

Transmission control for schistosomiasis - why it matters now.

Current population-based schistosomiasis treatment programs are a first step to reducing the global burden of Schistosoma-related disease; however, they might not dramatically reduce parasite transmission in highly endemic areas. Consequently, the benefits of these programs remain in doubt because recurring low-level reinfection is likely to be associated with subtle but persistent morbidities ...