Space is getting bigger

Are babies getting bigger ?

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 16 March 2009 190 6 312315 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2009 www.mja.com.au Public health the media, with comments such as “. . . the weight of new mothers and babies rockets to record levels . . .”, “Fatter babies mean more c-sections” and “Babies are being born bigger than ever . .”. Increases in birthweight have been reported overseas. In...

Open Access Funds: Getting a Bigger Bang for Our Bucks

Many libraries offer open access publishing funds to support authors in paying article processing charges (APC) levied by some OA journals. However, there are few standard practices for managing or assessing these funds. The Open Access Working Group (OAWG) of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) was asked to investigate and articulate best practices for successful open access ...

Is Bigger Really Badder?

Increasing attention is being focused on the role(s) that obesity may play in the development of cardiovascular disease, particularly congestive heart failure (CHF).1,2 Several indirect or associated effects are potential culprits. For example, obesity is strongly associated with many atherosclerotic risk factors, including arterial hypertension, insulin resistance, diabetes, and dyslipidemia.3...

Is bigger better?

What is medical science all about? Surely it is about the value chain, which begins with basic research and ends—if there is an end— with a useful product. There is a widespread perception that scientists do a lot of basic research, but neglect the application of their findings. To remedy this, a number of organizations and philanthropists have become dedicated advocates of applied or translati...

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