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Equity Highlights in This Issue

This issue looks at the subject of equity in education. As the publications below show, a number of factors grounded in inequality impede attainment of MDG 2 and the Education for All (EFA) goals. In this particular issue, the authors illustrate that equity in education needs to be grounded in high quality instruction, improved learning outcomes, gender equality, relevance, and sensitivity to d...

Heartbeat: Highlights from this issue.

As the year 2015 begins, I would like to personally thank all of you who have reviewed articles for Heart over the past year. External peer review is a core aspect of scientific publishing and your balanced reviews assist the Editorial Team in selecting the highest quality and most interesting original research papers for publication in Heart. Your insightful comments also provide authors with ...

Heartbeat: highlights from this issue.

As increasing numbers of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) survive the neonatal period and reach adulthood we are faced with a growing patient population, both, in terms of numbers and complexity of disease. The vast majority of patients are not cured and requires lifelong specialized medical care. The current focus issue on congenital heart disease combines publications dealing spec...

Highlights from This Issue Primary Survey

Steroids in back pain Well, we’ve tried them for just about everything else so there is perhaps no surprise that researchers in Australia have investigated the use of single dose steroids in the treatment of low back pain with radiculopathy. This randomized controlled trial demonstrates an interesting approach to a group of patients for whom we currently offer little more than analgesia and sym...

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