Over-the-counter EHC: no substitute for family planning skills

Path planning is no substitute for intelligent behavior

This paper describes our experience implementing navigation behavior for two different autonomous multi-robot systems using two very different approaches. We describe the problems encountered and their solutions and the extensions necessary to support planning for multiple robots in our application domains. We conclude that there are many applications of path-planning that would be well served ...

No substitute for the clinician-teacher.

Over-the-Counter Medications in Pregnancy - American Family Physician

www.aafp.org/afp AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN 2517 has changed dramatically since the early 1970s, largely because of the problems with thalidomide and diethylstilbestrol. Consequently, extensive testing is required before a drug can be labeled for use during pregnancy. Since 1975, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has assigned pregnancy risk factors to all drugs used in the United State...

'Nosodes' are no substitute for vaccines.

A growing antivaccine movement in Canada and elsewhere is hearing more about an unproven homeopathic therapy, 'nosodes', as an alternative to routine vaccines. The present statement defines nosodes and describes limitations for their use in children. There is scant evidence in the medical literature for either the efficacy or safety of nosodes, which have not been well studied for the preventio...

Over-the-counter statins.

In late 2004, the British government decided to allow a lipid-lowering agent to be sold as an over-the-counter medication. In contrast, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently decided not to do so. The United States and other countries will soon face similar decisions for other statins. Although statins have infrequent side effects and have been shown to be effective in moderate-risk pri...