Insolvency – Disqualifying the unqualified – a quixotic crusade?

The Crusade against Vermin

being to another. To destroy all peccant mosquitos and rats in places where malaria or plague exists or may be expected is a very large order and not easy to execute. And, after all, it is very questionable whether mosquito and rat intermediacy expresses the whole truth as regards the propagation of malarial fevers and plague. These measures, in as far as they are practicable, may be useful as ...

The Crusade against the Mosquito

A New Crusade for Widows

A crusade against home birth.

A recent study by Grunebaum et al examined the relationship between place of birth and adverse neonatal outcomes (Apgar of 0 at 5 minutes, and neonatal seizures or serious neurologic dysfunction—hereafter referred to as neonatal seizures) as reported in birth certificate data from 2007 to 2010 for term newborns (n = 13,891,274) (1). Outcomes were analyzed by four practitioner types: hospital ph...

Optimizing Care in Diabetes: a Quixotic Challenge

Reported elsewhere in this issue is an analysis by the Division of Diabetes Translation (a component of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) of follow-up data linked to National Health Interview Surveys noting that, in both sexes, American adults with diabetes surveyed b...