Never quite there: a tale of resuscitation medicine

Never quite there: a tale of resuscitation medicine.

Resuscitation medicine is of its nature multidisciplinary and for that reason something of an orphan. Perhaps that is why its development as an effective branch of medicine was so long delayed, for it started a little over 40 years ago, within my own professional lifetime and very much within my memory. Amongst the precepts that drive progress in science and in medicine are four that are manife...

Never Say Never in Medicine

F or over two decades I have religiously clung to the notion that maternal hyperglycemia is the root of all evil in pregnancies complicated by diabetes (1). To this end, I have valiantly waved the flag for universal screening for gestational diabetes (2), intensified glucose monitoring (3,4), and intensified insulin delivery for all women with hyperglycemia in pregnancy (5). In addition, I cham...

Why lady Guns will never be quite like the men

Never Has There Been a Shade1

“O this date [in 1618] Abu’l Hasan the artist, who had been awarded the title Nadir al-Zaman [Wonder of the Age], presented a painting he had made .... Since it was worthy of praise, he was shown limitless favor. Without exaggeration, his work is perfect, and his depiction is a masterpiece of the age.” These were the words of Emperor Jahangir of the Mughal Dynasty of India. “Abu’l Hasan’s fathe...

Integrative medicine: a tale of two clinics

BACKGROUND Integrative medicine (blending the best of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with conventional medicine) is becoming increasingly popular. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this paper are to compare and contrast the development of two teams that set out to establish integrative medical clinics, highlighting key issues found to be common to both settings, and to identify facto...