Somatostatin in gastroenterology More studies needed

Addiction Studies in Iran Neuroscientists Need to Do More

Predictive value of electrocardiographic markers for autonomic nervous system dysfunction in healthy populations: more studies needed.

investigational technique for many years, stress echo has a significantly shorter history and is being developed as a new service in many hospitals. Any new service should be carefully and prospectively evaluated before assuming that the diagnostic accuracy is similar to that reported in the literature from institutions with a special interest in the field. D. R. HOLDRIGHT UCL Hospitals, The Mi...

More studies are needed on gender-based outcomes in percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents.

Gender-based outcomes have not been evaluated in unselected patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents (DESs). We investigated whether gender influences the relative safety and efficacy of DESs compared with bare metal stents (BMSs) in routine clinical practice. Using the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Dynamic Registry, in-hospital and 1-yea...

More epidemiological studies of neurological disorders are needed in the Arab countries.

Lastly, a rather minor point, the authors stated that ‘[t]he UK has an ideal system to study epidemiology as health care is freely provided via the health insurance system that covers the whole population’. I agree with the first part of the statement. However, the UK health system is free at the point of delivery as it is totally funded by taxes not insurance. The whole UK population is regist...

A Narrative Review of Norovirus Gastroenteritis: More Global Attention Is Needed

Noroviruses (NoVs), an important pathogenic agent of foodborne illness, lead to acute and chronic gastroenteritis in humans of all ages and to travelers’ diarrhea. Many genotypes exist in nature; GII.4 is widely known as the most predominant. Outbreaks mostly occur in semi-closed settings. Although the disease is self-limited to person, many cases have resulted in death, which has raised more c...