“This is your heart speaking. Call 911.”

Why not call 911?

See related article, pages 1501–1507. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 15 million people experience a stroke each year, of which one third die and one third are permanently disabled. It was not until the mid-nineties that the advent of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) offered a treatment option. One of the most important factors limiting the use of tPA is the 3-...

Is this your Final(s) answer?∗†

This paper reports on the form in which Oxford Finals question are posed. It criticizes the apparent lack of originality and provides both theoretical and empirical estimates to support this finding. We propose a number of solutions which, if adopted, will substantially improve examination performance and unambiguously raise welfare.

This is your placenta on drugs

Previous studies have shown that children's blood lead concentrations tend to increase during hot summer months. In this issue, Lih-Ming Yiin and colleagues from the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute at Rutgers University and the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, New Jersey, explore whether some of this elevation can be explained by seasonal increases in t...

This is Your Brain on Parasites.

This Is Your Brain on Mindfulness