Part Time Partner Redux: So We Solved the Problem, Didn't We?

Why have we not solved the MSD problem?

Despite worldwide attention for more than four decades, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) remain a substantial concern at work and result in considerable personal and societal burden. This slow progress is not for want of trying. Prevention of MSDs has been emphasized in multiple jurisdictions. For example, in 2007 the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work organized a major campaign, “Li...

Code Randomization: Haven't We Solved This Problem Yet?

Two decades since the idea of using software diversity for security was put forward, ASLR is the only technique to see widespread deployment. This is puzzling since academic security researchers have published scores of papers claiming to advance the state of the art in the area of code randomization. Unfortunately, these improved diversity techniques are generally less deployable than integrit...

So we think we can dance.

CMA, CPhA, and Rx&D to join them, the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, and the group purchasing organizations HealthPRO and Medbuy in forming the Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee on Drug Shortages, for collaborative numbers on preventing and mitigating shortages across Canada. CSHP performed a pas de deux with its British Columbia Branch to raise public awareness of the...

Travel Diarrhea in Childhood “First Part; what do we know?”

Depression and Anxiety in Law Students: Are We Part of the Problem and Can We Be Part of the Solution?

It is no secret that law school is a breeding ground for depression, anxiety, and other stress-related illnesses.1 The literature is replete with alarming facts concerning the negative emotional and physical reactions many students experience as they pursue a law degree.2 One noted author reports that “up to 40 percent of law students may experience depression or other symptoms as a result of t...