What are We Forgetting? Sexuality, Sex, and Embodiment in Abortion Research

Health System Resilience: What Are We Talking About? A Scoping Review Mapping Characteristics and Keywords

Background Health systems are based on 6 functions that need to work together at all times to effectively deliver safe and quality health services. These functions are vulnerable to shocks and changes; if a health system is unable to withstand the pressure from a shock, it may cease to function or collapse. The concept of resilience has been introduced with the goal of strengthening healt...

Are we Aware of what we are, we are what we Eat- An Epidemiological Survey

The lure of convenience in addition to good taste gets people to junk food addiction. With the advent of television even in the remotest areas people have become more aware of the fast food items available. Children watch television where fast food continues to dominate the food advertisements viewed by children. The easily available fast food in and around school campus and with little knowled...

Racial profiling in medical research: what are we measuring?

“We are searching! What are we finding?”

A locus is a position on a chromosome occupied by genes that determine the state of a particular phenotypic character. When that phenotypic character is something that is measurable, such as mm of fat, or kg of body weight, rather than something that is qualitative, such as eye or coat colour, the locus will be referred to as a quantitative trait locus (QTL). The various occupants of the locus ...

We are what we eat

the old adage that pregnant women eat for two might be more true than ever before in the light of recent research into diet and the control of gene expression. the link between the diet of pregnant women—and, to some extent, men—during pre-conception and the health of the fetus has been viewed mostly in terms of major risk factors such as smoking or substance abuse. However, epidemiological and...