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Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics: are they still promising?

In the last several years pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics have attracted the interest of the scientific community and of important pharmaceutical groups. What is the consequence for medicine and for the pharmaceutical industry? What has emerged from this investment, and what can we expect for the future? As with many new technologies, pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics were first adapt...

E-Cigarettes: Are They as Safe as the Public Thinks?

© 2016 Harborside Press® An important part of our practice in oncology is assisting patients in smoking cessation and providing them with information about factors that increase their cancer risk. Smoking accounts for almost 90% of all lung cancers and as much as 30% of all cancer deaths (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2014). As advanced practitioners, we can influence the in...

Are Grw Tails as Bad as They Say?

SUMMARY: GRW models of the physical world are severely criticized in the literature for involving wave function 'tails', the allegation being that the latter create fatal interpretive problems and even compromise standard arithmetic. I find such objections both unfair and misguided. But not all is well with the GRW approach. The complaint I articulate in this paper does not have to do with tail...