The ‘French paradox’ may not be a paradox after all – but for what reason?

The dairy fat paradox: Whole dairy products may be healthier than we thought

Resveratrol: French Paradox Revisited

Resveratrol is a polyphenol that plays a potentially important role in many disorders and has been studied in different diseases. The research on this chemical started through the "French paradox," which describes improved cardiovascular outcomes despite a high-fat diet in French people. Since then, resveratrol has been broadly studied and shown to have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-prol...

Femoral Components: The French Paradox

It has become generally accepted that the cement surrounding a proximal femoral implant should be not less than 2 mm thick and that it should be complete i.e. without any ‘windows’ in the mantle. The widely used Barrack grading for cementing included no comment on the thickness of the cement mantle on its introduction in 1992 [1]. The following year the ‘A’ grade was qualified by the addition o...

Paradox in Project-based Enterprise: What Paradox?

A recent article in the California Management Review portrays independent film companies (and similar project-based enterprises) as a paradox for contemporary strategic management theory. Specifically, DeFillippi and Arthur, the authors of Paradox in Project-Based Enterprise, make the observation that “...in the film making example, no capital investments convert to fixed assets, no revenues ar...

They think it's all over, but it may not be!

I t is evident that anyone required to perform at a high level in sport or other physically demanding occupation has a limited number of years before demands made on the body begin to take their toll, sometimes accompanied by difficulties of a psychological nature. Although there may be a good deal of informal support from family, friends, and perhaps even other athletes who have retired, in so...