Our global-scale cognitive map: is it influenced by our place of residence or education?

Our Place in Nature

One of the deepest assumptions of Judaism and its offspring, Christianity, is that there is an important difference between human persons and everything else that exists in Creation. We alone are made in God’s image. We alone are the stewards of the earth. It is said in Genesis that we have “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the ...

Lung cancer treatment is influenced by income, education, age and place of residence in a country with universal health coverage.

Selection of lung cancer treatment should be based on tumour characteristics, physiological reserves and preferences of the patient. Our aims were to identify and quantify other factors associated with treatment received. Lung cancer patient data from 2002 to 2011 were obtained from the national population-based Cancer Registry of Norway, Statistics Norway and the Norwegian Patient Register. Mu...

robotic anesthesia: how is it going to change our practice?

This is dedicated to our former chairman Dr. Mahmoud Rohani

Breast Cancer Is Our Global Responsibility.

geted agents. However, breast cancer awareness, screening, current therapy strategies, availability of molecular typing as well as access to new treatment options differ substantially between different nations. We are convinced that it is therefore also our responsibility to ensure that patients in other parts of the world are not being left behind. At present, even simple steps would help a lo...