UN report says concern is wrongly directed

Appendicitis is easily missed or wrongly diagnosed - imaging is needed

Which is effective: self-directed learning or tutor-directed learning on the level of nursing skills

Introduction. This is quasi experimental research in order to determine and compare the learning level of nursing skills ( in B.A students) with self-directed learning and tutor-directed learning pattern in Shaheed Beheshti Univeristy of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Nursing and Midwifery faculty, 1998-1999. Methods. First of all, a questionnaire composed of some demographic data such ...

Wrongly Accused: Is Race a Factor in Convicting the Innocent?

I made an unusual choice in deciding to write this informal essay about race and innocence. The choice is unusual because my primary purpose in doing so is to flaunt my ignorance on the subject—to reach out to readers for help in clarifying my confusion. I am not, however, overly embarrassed by my ignorance because the subject is one on which no one yet knows very much. The main point of my ess...

Belief not science is behind flu jab promotion, new report says.

An independent meta-analysis of vaccines against influenza has found that claims of benefit have been significantly exaggerated. The report, released last month by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, was based on a comprehensive review of data published from 1967 to 2012.1 Evidence for “consistent high-level protection is elusive,” the researchers co...

Evidence for spending millions on deworming schoolchildren is inadequate, report says.

New analysis of a landmark paper on the health and economic benefits of eliminating worm infections in children has found little evidence that it does any good. Deworming programmes have been heavily promoted by the World Bank, the World Health Organization, and international charities as a key to improving health, school performance, and, by inference, economic development in poor andmiddle in...