Teaching Endocrinology Redux

How many neutrophils are enough (redux, redux)?

Many chemotherapeutic regimens produce neutropenia, which predisposes to microbial infection. However, not all neutropenic individuals develop infections, so the ability to predict this outcome would be a powerful clinical tool. In this issue of the JCI, Malka et al. describe a dynamic system model of neutrophil bactericidal activity that confirms and extends the concept of critical neutrophil ...

Teaching in the Laboratory Blood glucose monitoring as a teaching tool for endocrinology: a new perspective

Moats RK II. Blood glucose monitoring as a teaching tool for endocrinology: a new perspective. Adv Physiol Educ 33: 209–212, 2009; doi:10.1152/advan.00009.2009.—The education of new allied health professionals and nurses in proper endocrine evaluation and care has become critical in recent years, especially considering the greatly increased prevalence of diabetes in adults and children. The eva...

Integrated Endocrinology Integrated Endocrinology

Normativity redux.

ROBIN S. WAPLES,∗ PETER B. ADAMS,† JAMES BOHNSACK,‡ AND BARBARA L. TAYLOR§ ∗Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, U.S.A., email [email protected] †Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, U.S.A. ‡Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149, U.S.A. §Southwest Fisheries Science C...

Resistance redux

the human species is one of the young­ est forms of life on earth, yet it has become the dominant force in evolu­ tion. Most of the main environmental prob­ lems—global warming, pollution, loss of biodiversity, land erosion and the emission of greenhouse gases—are caused, either directly or indirectly, by human activities. Optimists hope that these huge environ­ mental changes might be at least...