Is China’s Rise going to be Peaceful?

robotic anesthesia: how is it going to change our practice?

Going from What Is, to What Should Be, to Care Better for Our Patients and Families.

This piece discusses ways in which clinicians may go beyond their usual practices. These include exploring the limits of old laws, consulting with colleagues and ethics committees earlier and more often, and giving patients' family members new choices they didn't have previously. This could include asking patients and family members whether clinicians should prioritize staying in the single, un...

“Not Everything That Is Faced Can Be Changed, but Nothing Can Be Changed Until It Is Faced”: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Universal newborn screening - is it going to be a reality in India?

Universal newborn screening is quite well established in most of the developed countries. In India, the exact prevalence of various metabolic disorders is not known due to lack of any large scale multicentric study to screen metabolic disorders and absence of any organized system of universal newborn screening. Like other developing countries, India is facing an increasing challenge of noncommu...

Treatment of atrial fibrillation: is it really going to be a surgical market?

Surgery for atrial fibrillation (AF) has made considerable progress in the past several years. Various energy sources besides cryothermia, such as radiofrequency (RF) (Unipolar Cooled RF, Unipolar RF, microwave, ultrasound, and laser, have been introduced through modern technology to ablate the atrial wall of AF patients. It is of great benefit to have methods by which surgery can be facilitate...