Opinion: Inconvenient, or simply overlooked?

Inconvenient truth or public health threat?

For Tim Noakes, the University of Cape Town's 'great centenary debate' on what constitutes a healthy diet was a 'kangaroo court', deliberately set up to discredit the 'inconvenient and threatening truths' behind his relatively recent and much-touted high-fat, no sugar, no carbohydrates eating regimen.

Cognitive Ethology for humans: inconvenient truth or attentional deficit?

In their target article ‘Cognitive Ethology: A new approach for studying human cognition’, Kingstone, Smilek, and Eastwood (2008) remind us that it is important for cognitive psychologists and cognitive neuroscientists to keep asking whether their studies in the laboratory capture how humans think and act in their natural habitat. This reminder seems well warranted. When asking fellow researche...

Ramadan fasting: Evidence or expert opinion? Results of preliminary studies

Each year, over a billion Muslims fast worldwide during the month of Ramadan.  Through this religious practice, not only will one have spiritual growth, but can improve his/her diet, which is of pivotal importance in this month. Conversely, the available evidence regarding the health benefits of Ramadan fasting is scarce and highly contentious. Although Islam exempts patients from fasting, many...

neuraxial dexmedetomidine: wonder drug or simply harmful

Neuraxial Dexmedetomidine: Wonder Drug or Simply Harmful

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