We Need More Courage

Ramadan fasting: Do we need more evidence?

Over a billion of Muslims fast worldwide during Ramadan each year. Through this religious custom, fasting contributes to their health as well as their spiritual growth. However, available evidence regarding the health-benefits of Ramadan fasting is scarce and highly contentious. Although Islam exempts patients from fasting, many fast conceivably, and their clinical condition is prone to deterio...

Drone-Based Automatic External Defibrillators for Sudden Death? Do We Need More Courage or More Serenity?

The Serenity Prayer asks for the courage to change what can be changed, the serenity to accept what cannot be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference. Medicine demands large doses of all three. The greatest difficulty is deciding when the times call for more courage or more serenity. Some of our problems seem so intractable that we stop expecting progress during our professional lifetime...

ramadan fasting: do we need more evidence?

over a billion of muslims fast worldwide during ramadan each year. through this religious custom, fasting contributes to their health as well as their spiritual growth. however, available evidence regarding the health-benefits of ramadan fasting is scarce and highly contentious. although islam exempts patients from fasting, many fast conceivably, and their clinical condition is prone to deterio...

[We need patients more obese].

We read with interest the work by Urfalıoğlu and colleagues about ultrasound-guided versus surgical transversus abdominis plane block in obese patients. The conclusion of this study is that ultrasound guided and surgical TAP blocks were safe and had similar efficacy in providing post-operative analgesia in obese pregnant women following cesarean section. We agree that TAP block, surgical or ult...

Whistleblowing: do we have courage?