Sorting It Out: What JNC 8 Is and What It Is Not

Sorting it out: what JNC 8 is and what it is not.

The landscape for hypertension guideline development and dissemination has changed. The intense debate surrounding the recent JNC 8 publication obscures the value this guideline offers to providers managing hypertension. Recommendations published by the panel appointed to JNC 8, when interpreted and applied as intended, can indeed guide hypertension management. The purpose of this commentary is...

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P-value: What is and what is not

The misinterpretation and misuse of p-value have been increasing for decades. In March 2016, the American Statistical Association released a statement to warn about the use and interpretation of p-value. In this study, we provided a definition and discussion of p-value and emphasized the importance of its accurate interpretation.    

Understanding Heritability: What it is and What it is Not

Copy Abstract: Commentators generally found our exposition of the concept of heritability helpful for psychologists, suggesting that we largely accomplished our primary goal. Many provided supplemental and helpful perspectives on concepts we addressed. A few of the comments indicated that we may not have been completely successful in making clear our secondary goal, which was to outline how her...

Gene therapy : what it is , what it is not and what it will be

Gene therapy is the therapeutic procedure based on the introduction of healthy genes using recombinant DNA techniques. the first successful clinical trial of this technique was published in 1990. Despite the occurrence of adverse effects in certain clinical trials, some of them serious, both laboratories and companies are continuously developing novel materials and establishing both safer and m...