Hypocrisies and half-truths

Of hospital advertising truths, half truths, and the academic medical center.

A Look at the Myths and Half-truths about Profit and Non-profit Hospital Performance

Half-Truths, Whole Lies, & the Duty of Disclosure in Insurance Law

A half-truth need not be a whole lie for insurance purposes; insurance law must distinguish between concealment and misrepresentation for equity and efficiency reasons. Reasonable disclosure should be the goal of underwriting, though what is “reasonable” should depend upon the insured’s degree of sophistication. This Comment argues that, whereas it may be equitable and efficient to relax the di...

Natural Principles and Fundamental Truths

REVIEW Microarray truths and consequences

For many, analysis of a microarray experiment starts with a spreadsheet of expression levels. While great attention is duly paid to RNA extraction, preparation and hybridization, relatively little care is devoted to extraction of expression levels from the fluorescent image. By delegating this step to a click of the mouse the exact extraction process is masked and researchers may be unwittingly...