Risks and benefits of early clinical exposure

Potential benefits and risks of clinical xenotransplantation

Correspondence: David KC Cooper Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, W1543 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA Tel +1 412 383 6961 Fax +1 412 624 1172 Email [email protected] Abstract: The transplantation of organs and cells from pigs into humans could overcome the critical and continuing problem of the la...

What Are the Objectives of Early Clinical Exposure?

Introduction: In recent decades, medical education has been following new approaches to early clinical exposure. This study was designed to determine early clinical exposure (ECE) objectives and their availability and importance from the participants’ viewpoint. Methods: In a descriptive study, 70 students who had participated in ECE at Isfahan Medical University were asked to complete a quest...

Oral Biology and Medicine Fluoride: Benefits And Risks of Exposure

This report describes the benefits to dental health of exposure to fluorides and the toxicologic effects of fluorides based on the relevant scientific literature published through September 1988. In general, original reports were used for evaluation of results between 1980 and 1988, and review articles were used for results published prior to 1980. This report is confined to effects of inorgani...

The risks and benefits of sun exposure 2016

Public health authorities in the United States are recommending that men, women and children reduce their exposure to sunlight, based on concerns that this exposure will promote skin cancer. On the other hand, data show that increasing numbers of Americans suffer from vitamin D deficiencies and serious health problems caused by insufficient sun exposure. The body of science concerning the benef...

Clinical Governance: Costs and Benefits