Role of mast cells in colorectal cancer development, the jury is still out

Splinting poststroke: the jury is still out.

Splinting Poststroke: the Jury Is Still Out To the Editor: In the article abstract by Lannin et al,1 the authors claim “the practice of routine splinting soon after stroke should be discontinued.” Their presented data does not show this. The stated aim was to determine the effect of splinting “on contracture in the wrist and long finger flexor muscles”1 without defining ‘contracture’. Participa...

The role of statin treatment in valvular heart disease: is the jury still out?

Valvular heart disease (VHD) represents a significant burden within the spectrum of cardiovascular diseases. In recent years, there has been a great interest in finding medical treatments able to slow the progression ofVHD. The negative results of several large randomized trials failing to demonstrate a benefit of such therapies, has led to a decrease of interest in this field. However, finding...

Are monarch butterflies true navigators? The jury is still out.

Zika mosquito vectors: the jury is still out

After a 40-year hiatus, the International Congress of Entomology (ICE 2016) convened in Orlando, Florida (September 25-30, 2016). One of the symposia at ICE 2016, the Zika Symposium, covered multiple aspects of the Zika epidemic, including epidemiology, sexual transmission, genetic tools for reducing transmission, and particularly vector competence. While there was a consensus among participant...

Triclocarban and Health: the Jury Is Still Out

In a recently published report, Poole et al. utilized a crossover design to determine the effect of nonprescription antimicrobial exposure on the human microbiome (1). After an initial washout phase, participants were provided either products that contained TCS or products without TCS for use over a 4-month period, followed by a switch to the opposite exposure regimen for another 4 months. Typi...