Inflammatory breast cancer: Clinical progress and the main problems that must be addressed

Stroke Disparities: Large Global Problem That Must Be Addressed.

S troke disparities are wide spread and pervasive throughout the world. In this review, we will examine the effect of socioeconomic status (SES), race, and ethnicity on stroke incidence and outcome. There are 2 main reasons that should compel us to fix the damage caused by stroke disparities. The first is based on the justice principle: no person or group should suffer more than others. Althoug...

Acute and chronic nephropathy induced by fluindione must be addressed.

BACKGROUND Among the vitamin K antagonists (VKA), indanedione-derived VKA is suspected to induce an immunoallergic risk. One indanedione-derived VKA, fluindione, is still being used in France. The aim of this study was to evaluate the contribution of VKA to acute and chronic nephritis. METHODS Twenty-four cases of biopsy proven acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) were retrospectively selected,...

Curves That Must Be Retraced

We exhibit a polynomial time computable plane curve Γ that has finite length, does not intersect itself, and is smooth except at one endpoint, but has the following property. For every computable parametrization f of Γ and every positive integer n, there is some positive-length subcurve of Γ that f retraces at least n times. In contrast, every computable curve of finite length that does not int...

issues that need to be addressed in massage therapy

Fee-for-Service Payment – An Evil Practice that Must be Stamped Out?

Co-opting physicians to regulate Fee-for-Service (FFS) payment is more feasible and simpler to administer than capitation, Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) and pay-for-performance. The key lies in designing and revising the fee schedule, which not only defines and sets the fee for each item, but also the conditions of billing. Adherence to these regulations must be strictly audited in order to c...