PFO is generally benign in OPCAB: Until it Isn't

[Don't wait until it is too late].

Over the past year I have worked with several managing partners in helping them transition from one set of leaders to another. The question I often get is when is the time right? Managing partners decide to pass the baton to the next generation of leaders at different times. Some decide it’s time when they are in their early or mid 50s since they want to do other things in life. Others will hol...

Knowledge is only rumour, until it is in the muscle.

Learning is not only knowledge acquirement; it is about taking action, generating results and mobilising others. An essential component of acquiring knowledge is the willingness to change, reflected in an old New Guinean proverb “Knowledge is only rumour, until it is in the muscle.” With this fundamental idea, the Dutch Association of Sports Medicine (Vereniging voor Sportgeneeskunde)—founded i...

Give until it hurts.

The Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology of India needs the services of its readers who are experienced with publishing. One big rate-limiting step of our publication releasing its bi-monthly issues on time is the process of peer review. In the last 20 years that I have worked my way up the ladder, the darkest secret of delayed volumes has been the indifference of the peer reviewers and inordinat...

Plasmodium vivax malaria: is it actually benign?

UNLABELLED Plasmodium vivax (Pv) malaria is being increasingly recognized as a cause of severe malaria in children. OBJECTIVES To describe the various severe manifestations associated with vivax malaria by retrospective analysis of records. METHODS Children between the ages of 0 and 18 years with a confirmed diagnosis of Pv malaria monoinfection done by peripheral blood film (PBF) and/or ra...

Placebo is far from benign: it is disease-mongering.