One minute more: Adolescent addiction for virtual world

One minute wisdom. Health economics is nothing more than an excuse for cost-cutting.

The dominant ideology within the NHS today is that of the bogus social science known as health economics. For government ministers and NHS managers it has spread with evangelical fervour and like all ambitious religions it is intolerant of any alternative ideas. Thus doctors, nurses and paramedics (who tend to talk of standards of care) are impediments to a new order of ‘value for money’ (ie in...

The Neurobiology of Adolescent Addiction

The neurobiology of adolescent addiction involves a complex interaction of different parts of the brain as well as different neurotransmitter systems. And while many details remain unclear at this point, we are learning more and more about the process of addiction and its relation to risk-tasking behavior in adolescents. Our goal in writing this chapter is to elucidate the mechanisms and hypoth...

The Electromyographic Changes of Abdominal Muscles in Two Sit-up Movement for One Minute

ABSTRACT Muscles have an important role in daily physical works and with increasing knowledge of them we could have appropriate physical position and achieving success in sports. The purpose of this research is to study of electromyographic changes of two abdominal muscle (Rectus abdominus and external oblique) in two kinds of sit- up in one minute. The subjects were 15 healthy students and n...

Developing the One-Minute Preceptor.

BACKGROUND Learning from experienced doctors in real clinical settings is very important for medical students. However, the busy and at times unpredictable nature of clinical work means that clinical work must take priority over teaching. What clinicians want is to be able to offer quality learning experiences for students without significant disruption to their clinical work. CONTEXT In the ...

The one minute clinical instructor: an application of the principles of the one minute manager.