Making an Impact: Injury Prevention is a Priority

Making priors a priority

When we build a predictive model of a drug property we rigorously assess its predictive accuracy, but we are rarely able to address the most important question, "How useful will the model be in making a decision in a practical context?" To answer this requires an understanding of the prior probability distribution ("the prior") and hence prevalence of negative outcomes due to the property being...

A sexual health prevention priority.

Wittet and Tsu are right to point to the link between cervical cancer deaths and achieving the MDGs and the inequity in the burden of cervical cancer between developed and developing countries. Any programme that reduces cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates in low-income and lower middle-income countries is clearly to be welcomed. Addressing women’s welfare, family education and thus p...

The solution is injury prevention.

Posterior Vertebral Injury; Is This a Burst Fracture or a Flexion-Distraction Injury?

In thoracolumbar spinal fractures with posterior column injury for applying proper management, it is important to distinguish a flexion-distraction injury (FDI) from a three column burst fracture (BF) as in clinical examination, both may have a similar significant tenderness on direct spinal palpation. Careful attention to the comprehensive clinical examination and detailed imaging features are...

Making osteoarthritis a public health priority.

National, state, and local policymakers and society at large are paying growing attention to osteoarthritis. This movement is fueled by organizations and coalitions that are championing important initiatives. This article spotlights several initiatives sponsored by the Arthritis Foundation and other organizations.