Open Channel -- What the Hippies Did

What did the doctor say?

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What did we learn from PEGASEAS forum "Science and Governance of the Channel Marine Ecosystem"?

As one of the busiest marine ecosystems in the world, the English Channel is subjected to strong pressures due to the human activities occurring within it. Effective governance is required to improve the combined management of different activities and so secure the benefits provided by the Channel ecosystem. In July 2014, a Cross-Channel Forum, entitled "Science and Governance of the Channel Ma...

"I did what?" Zolpidem and the courts.

Zolpidem is a widely prescribed nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic medication available in the United States since 1992. Attention has been drawn recently to its potential to cause sleep-related, complex behaviors such as sleepwalking and sleep driving. These automatic behaviors have led to a deluge of legal claims. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first review in the forensic literature of the l...

What Did the Savage Detectives Find?

What Did the WHO Studies Really Find?

The article by Cohen et al. raises important issues and provides a useful synopsis of published studies on schizophrenia outcomes in 11 lowand middle-income countries. The authors use this material to challenge what they claim to be an ‘‘axiom’’ (ie, a self-evident proposition requiring no proof) of better course and outcome in developing countries which has been ‘‘embraced’’ by international p...