Novel Surgical Approach in Сutaneous Melanoma Patients: ʺDaring Ideas Are Like Chessmen Moved Forward. They May Be Beaten, But they May Start a Winning Game!?ʺ

Novel Surgical Approach in Cutaneous Melanoma Patients: “Daring Ideas Are Like Chessmen Moved Forward. They May Be Beaten, But they May Start a Winning Game!?”

For the first time, but again, we propose the idea of a one-step melanoma surgery as a "golden, unified standard" that should be at least discussed and, possibly accepted shortly as the "gold standard" for the treatment of patients with skin melanomas. Critical points or comments have been made to the current melanoma's treatment approach, which has been "transcendently followed" for years and ...

They think it's all over, but it may not be!

I t is evident that anyone required to perform at a high level in sport or other physically demanding occupation has a limited number of years before demands made on the body begin to take their toll, sometimes accompanied by difficulties of a psychological nature. Although there may be a good deal of informal support from family, friends, and perhaps even other athletes who have retired, in so...

Older adults and technology: in telehealth, they may not be who you think they are

When we established an emergency department-based telemedicine program, we assumed that many older patients would be skeptical of the new technology and choose not to participate. Our assumption was incorrect. Of the 1052 patients we evaluated in the first several months, 355 (33%) were 60, 2 were 99. Satisfaction and quality assessment scores among older patients were similar to those for youn...

Parents and mentors may be gone but they are never forgotten.

The Scots May Be Brave But They Are Neither Healthy Nor Happy

On almost all measures of physical health, Scots fare worse than residents of any other region of the UK and often worse than the rest of Europe. Deaths from chronic liver disease and lung cancer are particularly prevalent in Scotland. The self-assessed well-being of Scots is lower than that of the English or Welsh, even after taking into account any differences in characteristics. Scots also s...