Philip Sunshine tribute

Sunshine and the cardiovascular benefits – a dose of sunshine!

Tribute.

Sunshine on MS

tion, and thought that visual solar radiation might provide protection from developing MS. In 1970, a study from Switzerland (which is on a similar latitude in the northern hemisphere as Tasmania is in the southern hemisphere) [5] showed a higher clinical RR in winter and spring months, and a later study (also from the northern hemisphere) [6] of seasonal fluctuations in Gd-enhancing lesions on...

He walked with confidence into the wilderness of life: a tribute to Philip E. Greenman, DO (1928-2013).

[T]hriving on osteopathic medicine’s complexity and challenges, he was a unique and forward thinking master and author of his craft, palpatory diagnosis and manipulative treatment. Teaching, writing and world-wide interdisciplinary outreach were lifelong mantras. Phil, as we all called him, occasionally reminded me that we were first introduced in 1966 at the AOA annual meeting in New York City...

Sunshine or Shield?

How does the use of a secret vote affect the likelihood that legislators will punish their peers? Two contending arguments exist in the literature: some argue that secret voting may be prejudicial, while others argue that it may help accountability. We address this controversy by analyzing the case of the Brazilian Congress, which uses a sequential combination of open and secret voting procedur...