Insulin injection-meal time interval - it is not its length that matters

When it matters that a 'Stroke' is not a stroke.

To cite: Abkur TM, Boucher J, O’Donnell M, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015209636 DESCRIPTION An 81-year-old right-handed woman developed right-sided headache, focal motor seizures and left hemiparesis 10 days postendarterectomy for 80% stenosis of the right internal carotid artery. She was admitted to a local hospital. Her background hi...

'Real' information is not flat - and why it matters

. . . During their last game Turing lost swiftly with an abysmal sequence of moves. He was searching for an algorithm to ensure board domination instead of adhering to the strategy of the moment. When Chris executed a move, deciding on the rook, Turing was flooded with a feeling of comfort — something like assurance because Chris chose. He exercised his free will and eliminated Turing’s knight ...

Addiction is Not a Brain Disease (and it Matters)

The claim that addiction is a brain disease is almost universally accepted among scientists who work on addiction. The claim's attraction rests on two grounds: the fact that addiction seems to be characterized by dysfunction in specific neural pathways and the fact that the claim seems to the compassionate response to people who are suffering. I argue that neural dysfunction is not sufficient f...

Tackling HIV in MENA: Talk Is Not Enough–It Is Time for Bold Actions: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Academic nepotism – all that glitters is not gold

Dear Editor With increasing emphasis on publications forfaculty recruitment, career advancementand obtaining research grants, the issues relatedto author kinship and academic nepotism havegrown significantly and these probably reflectthe inflationary growth rather than the optimalgrowth warranted due to increasing researchcomplexity. Allesina S (1) measured the fullmagnitude of nepotism in the ...