Study shows interventionist nature of British obstetrics

Historical Review of British Obstetrics and Gynaecology

of knowledge, such as Colles' fracture, which every medical student is eventually called upon to recite. The dissecting guide is illustrated with 79 plates, which might well be somewhat larger, in black and white. The type is large and clear with major points emphasized in black, heavy type, thus facilitating review and minimizing the need for underlining. The book is bound so that it lies flat...

Historical Review of British Obstetrics and Cynæcology

The Fractured Nature of British Politics

The outcome of the British General Election to be held in just over one week’s time (May 7th, 2015) is widely regarded as the most difficult in living memory to predict. Current polls suggest that the two main parties (Conservative and Labour) are neck and neck but that there will be a landslide to the Scottish Nationalist Party with that party taking most of the constituencies in Scotland (som...

Chromosome 2p shows significant linkage to antihypertensive response in the British Genetics of Hypertension Study.

There is a lack of consistently linked loci influencing blood pressure and hypertension status, and this may be because of genetic or phenotypic heterogeneity. We hypothesize that stratification of subjects by response to antihypertensive drug groups could be used to stringently define subsets that will have reduced genetic and etiologic heterogeneity, by partitioning contrasting mechanisms of ...

The New Interventionist Economics

The Great Recession seems to be creating a New Interventionist Economics characterized by bubbles, radical uncertainty, animal spirits, complexity dynamics, and extra-market control. When placed in that order, these characteristic create the acronym BRACE. I review some evidence and literature pointing to BRACE economics and briefly suggest some avenues to challenge the new interventionists. JE...