Reversal of misfortune

A biology of misfortune

W. Thomas Boyce is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia, and is the Sunny Hill Health Centre–British Columbia Leadership Chair in Child Development in the Human Early Learning Partnership and the Centre for Community Child Health Research. He is also a Fellow of the Experience-Based Brain and Biological Development Programme, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, ...

Presidential Address: Ignorance Is a Voluntary Misfortune

Animal production is under fire. When considering the future of animal production, questions are being asked from all sides. Can we afford animal production? Does man really need animal protein in his diet ; would plant protein supplemented with vitamin B12 fulfil his nutritional needs ; does he really need animal fibres and hides? Is it cruel to use animals in the service of man? Perhaps we as...

One doctor's misfortune boosts TB treatment activism.

Coronary artery spasm: mimicry, misdiagnosis and misfortune.

To cite: Kamaruddin H, Orme R, Hall IR, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014204519 DESCRIPTION A 51-year-old man with a history of ischaemic heart disease (IHD), previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and rheumatoid disease, presented with chest pain and inferoposterior ST segment elevation in August 2013. He had continued to smok...

Postnatal Depression and Emotion: The Misfortune of Mother-Infant Interactions

Emotional communication can be viewed as a fundamental factor in children's emotional, social, and cognitive development. Most developmental psychologists agree that the recognition and expression of emotions through early social interaction between the mother and the child play a particularly important role in children's development (Bandura, 1992; Bowlby, 1969; Sroufe, 1996; Trevarthen, 1979)...