New Evidence on Carbetocin: Another Arrow in Our Quiver

Another arrow in the Drosophila quiver.

W accounts for the great popularity and success of Drosophila melanogaster as an experimental organism? There are many contributing practical reasons, including the relative ease with which large numbers can be grown at minimal expense, its having just four pairs of chromosomes, and the efficiency with which its organs and ornately patterned exterior can be examined. But there are two additiona...

Another arrow in the quiver--but at what cost?

Gamillscheg et al. report on a single patient who had a large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation with significant right-to-left shunting and a cerebrovascular accident secondary to presumed paradoxic embolism. The accompanying still-frame cineangiogram demonstrates a large arteriovenous malformation with a 10-mm feeding artery and no obvious narrowing, making it difficult to provide endovascu...

A novel approach to inoperable or recurrent rectal cancer by chemoembolization. A new arrow in our quiver?

PURPOSE Assess the feasibility, safety and efficacy of TACE with irinotecan loaded micro particles (debiri) for the treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer patients. RESULTS We assessed the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS). The tool is designed to assess nine common symptoms in cancer patients: pain, tiredness, nausea, depression, anxiety, drowsiness, appetite, wellbeing and shor...

A look forward: arrows in our quiver.

(Fam Med 2006;38(5):314-5.) In my final presidential column, I’ll describe resources that family medicine teachers can use to meet the challenges ahead. We must not underestimate the urgency of our situation, nor our need to make strategic choices and act energetically. At the same time let’s remember—and draw upon—our full quiver of arrows. By “arrows” I mean habits of mind, action plans, and ...

Smarter arrow now available in the food safety quiver.