Rational use of medications: If Canada can't do it ...

If we have it, do we use it?

Rational use of blood: how to do it?

Transfusion medicine is a complex process that depends on several professionals. To do it safely, each professional depends not only on their own knowledge and skills, but also the knowledge and skills of the entire team and the efficiency of the system. There is growing recognition of adverse events associated with blood transfusions and several factors may contribute to increase the chances o...

If you don't use it you'll likely lose it.

This article is a commentary on the recently published manuscript by Drey et al. (2014). The age-related loss of motor units (MU) is an immutable process and understanding the possible role of physical activity in maintaining functional MUs is an important topic. Dysfunctional remodelling of a MU is associated with denervation of the muscle and ultimate death of the spinal motoneurone. Converse...

If I Had to Do It All over Again.

CHOREO: Ron & Georgine Woolcock, 5326 Berger Dr SE, Olympia, WA 98513 TELEPHONE: 360-456-2056 E-MAIL: [email protected] MUSIC: “If I Had To Do It All Over Again” by Roy Clark, Varese Vintage CD “Roy Clark Greatest Hits” Track 13. D/L available from Internet. RHYTHM: Two Step PHASE: II TIME/SPEED: 2:37/100% FOOTWORK: Opposite, directions for man except where noted. DATE: June, 2007 SEQUENCE...

Regeneration If They Can Do It, Why Can't We?

The therapeutic potential of stem cells and nuclear cloning has led to renewed interest in classical models of regeneration. This longstanding problem is undergoing a renaissance spurred by the availability of new techniques that finally allow analysis on the cellular and molecular level.