INDIVIDUAL OR COMMUNITY – WE ARE FAILING ALTOGETHER: A SHORT COMMUNICATION

Breastfeeding--why are we still failing?

Global public health recommendations on breastfeeding by WHO clearly state that, “infants should exclusively breastfeed for the first six months of life to achieve optimal growth, development and health.Thereafter, to meet their evolving nutritional requirements, infants should receive nutritionally adequate and safe complementary foods while breastfeeding continues for up to two years of age o...

Bone metastases: Are we failing our patients?

Many patients with advanced cancer will develop bone metastases and associated complications, including severe pain and debilitating skeletal-related events (SREs), which require radiotherapy, surgery or changes to antineoplastic regimens [1–3]. Fortunately, there are effective treatments to prevent or delay the onset of SREs. Several intravenous and oral bisphosphonates have been used for over...

Is Myelodysplastic Syndrome a Rarity in Childhood? Or are We Failing to Diagnose?

The Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) were historically characterized by a cellular marrow with peripheral cytopenias. They were described as smouldering leukaemia or pre-leukaemia. These disorders were predominantly of late adult life and have since been well classified in the extensive adult literature1.The Myelodysplastic Syndrome in children have been poorly defined, characterized, studied and...

The right to sell or buy a kidney: are we failing our patients?

publish or perish:where are we heading?

-------------