How should we prescribe?

Should We Prescribe Calcium Supplements For Osteoporosis Prevention?

Advocacy for the use of calcium supplements arose at a time when there were no other effective interventions for the prevention of osteoporosis. Their promotion was based on the belief that increasing calcium intake would increase bone formation. Our current understandings of the biology of bone suggest that this does not occur, though calcium does act as a weak antiresorptive. Thus, it slows p...

Should we prescribe opioids for chronic noncancer pain?

These days, prescribing opioids for treating chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) is a common and generally accepted practice. Such treatment is in line with the recommendations of the American Pain Society and the American Academy of Pain Medicine published in 2009, which stipulated the following: “Chronic opioid therapy can be an effective therapy for carefully selected and monitored patients with c...

How Should We Teach Simulation ?

This paper deals with the issue of how one can teach simulation in the most time-efficient way. We first distinguish between different types of student as regards their background and future needs. We next look at reasons for studying simulation at a business school. Next we compare animation oriented simulators with simulation languages. We then study a list of desirable criteria for simulatio...

How should we define health?

Machteld Huber senior researcher, J André Knottnerus president, Scientific Council for Government Policy , Lawrence Green editor in chief, Oxford Bibliographies Online—public health , Henriëtte van der Horst head , Alejandro R Jadad professor , Daan Kromhout vice president, Health Council of the Netherlands , Brian Leonard professor , Kate Lorig professor , Maria Isabel Loureiro coordinator for...

How should we set priorities?