Primary Care: Is There Enough Time for Prevention?

Tackling HIV in MENA: Talk Is Not Enough–It Is Time for Bold Actions: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Iodine in early pregnancy--is there enough?

AIMS To evaluate the iodine status of patients in early pregnancy and its dependence on level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). METHODS Between June 2005 and December 2006, 168 patients with a confirmed vital pregnancy (up to 10(th) week of pregnancy) were included in the study. The entry criteria were no prior thyroid disease, did not take any other medication, had not undergone radio-io...

PSA mass screening: is there enough evidence?

Prostate cancer plays an important role in widely understood aspects of men's health, and is becoming a growing problem in terms of public life. Prostate cancer is one of the most common neoplasms among men. Male patients can live with prostate cancer for a long time so it is important to offer appropriate males adequate diagnostic tools and treatments. Prostate cancer and PSA potentially repre...

Proton radiation therapy for lung cancer: is there enough evidence?

Proton radiation for cancer offers the ability to conform the high-dose region of radiation therapy to the tumor while reducing the dose of radiation to adjacent normal tissues. In lung cancer, this equates to greater sparing of uninvolved lung, heart, esophagus, and spinal cord. Sparing these normal tissues permits the delivery of higher-radiation doses to the tumor. Studies that compare the d...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden death in heart failure: are there enough bangs for the bucks?

The demonstrated efficacy of implantable cardioverterdefibrillators (ICDs) for reducing sudden death in heart failure trial populations presents a critical challenge to those responsible for the allocation of healthcare resources.1–3 The current cost, multiplied by the prevalence of heart failure deemed high-risk, threatens to make this one enterprise the highest priced intervention for the Med...