Physical Examination Is Still Necessary and Important

Is breast self-examination still necessary?

Pathology: is it still necessary?

One may wonder what may be the reasons to ask this apparently odd question. Undoubtedly, the main concern is that we are still far away from being able to precisely identify the target population of patients for tailored interventions. It has been repeatedly shown by the results of large clinical trials that the benefit of new therapeutic approaches is relatively small, and that it is most like...

Is antenatal screening for syphilis still necessary?

Thiamine is Still Important in Alcohol Dependence

Aims: To assess the effect of mandatory thiamine enrichment of wheat flour on blood thiamine levels in an alcoholdependent population. Methods: Alcohol-dependent clients (n = 100) entering an inpatient service for the management of alcohol withdrawal had thiamine blood tests and diet interviews. Approximately half (n = 46) the alcohol-dependent participants reported taking vitamin supplements p...

Why Network Diameter is Still Important

It has become fashionable to argue against research on new interconnection networks by claiming that with wormhole switching, the dominant communication method in modern parallel computers, routing latency is insensitive to the diameter and other topological parameters of the network; hence, the inference that network topology is unimportant and the edict that we should adhere to 2D and 3D mesh...