Several factors must have a role in improved figures

Prescribing tests must have curriculum support

Correspondence: Thomas I Lemon School of Medicine, Cardiff University, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XW, Wales Email [email protected] Dear Editor Gordon, Catchpole and Baker have discussed and investigated a very interesting, currently relevant, subject in medical education; particularly with the introduction of the prescribing test for undergraduates trialled in the U...

Dairy Cattle Must Have Good Forage

Must We Value Life to Have a Right to It?

In her recent article "Death, Mis­­ fortune, and Species Inequality,"l Ruth Cigman gives clear, careful expression to an argument which seems well on its way to becomi ng a classic among opponents of animal rights. 2 Cigman's argument runs as follows: A right to X entails the right to be protected against certain actions which will result in the misfortune, or possible misfortu ne, of not-X. A ...

Do putative endogenous digitalis-like factors have a physiological role?

Does the Platelet Index Have a Guiding Role in the Association of Cancer and Pulmonary Thromboembolism?

Introduction: The diagnostic value of the D-dimer test varies with variable platelet numbers and functions in patients suffering from cancer and concomitant pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). This requires easy and reliable evaluation tests. In this study, we aimed to investigate the hypothesis that platelet functions may be more guiding in the prediction and diagnosis of PTE rather than the numb...