Making it Work, or Not

Making It All Work

The greater prevalence of type 2 diabetes is a critical issue among the U.S. Hispanic population. This study examined the struggles of Hispanic adults managing type 2 diabetes with limited resources. Ten Hispanic adults (enrolled in a larger study to determine the effects of diabetes self-management intervention), 25 to 80 years of age and living in a rural West Texas county in the United State...

Acute medicine: making it work for patients.

The report of a working party of the Royal College of Physicians, Acute Medicine: making it work for patients, seeks to improve hospital care of patients who are acutely ill and highlights the developing role of consultant physicians in acute medicine.

Practical work : making it more effective

This article outlines a model for thinking about the effectiveness of practical activities in school science and how this might be evaluated. This was used in a research study of current practice in the use of whole-class practical work in secondary schools in England. The emphasis in the lessons observed was on successfully ‘producing the phenomenon’. Little whole-class time was used to discus...

Implementation of proteomic biomarkers: making it work

While large numbers of proteomic biomarkers have been described, they are generally not implemented in medical practice. We have investigated the reasons for this shortcoming, focusing on hurdles downstream of biomarker verification, and describe major obstacles and possible solutions to ease valid biomarker implementation. Some of the problems lie in suboptimal biomarker discovery and validati...

To work or not to work?