Whimsical titles are deeply unhelpful

Titles

This is not about knights and dames, nor is it about jazz musicians, such as Duke Ellington or Court Basie. Rather, it is about a most important issue in science, which is the difficult task of choosing titles for seminars, lectures, scientific papers, books and even the titles of the journals themselves. Today, we all have to compete for readers and listeners, and in the current ruthlessly com...

Misoprostol Unhelpful for IUD Insertion

Despite the benefits of IUDs in terms of their effectiveness, relative safety, and low long-term costs compared with other types of contraception, the percentage of women who choose these devices remains relatively low. According to a recent report, just 5.6% of all contraceptive users use IUDs as their method of choice.2 Among the barriers to IUD use in women who have never had a child are fea...

Unhelpful information about adverse drug reactions.

Drug treatment is an important part of managing chronic disease, but people often choose not to start or continue with recommended treatments. As the efficacy of a drug is central to the decision to start or continue treatment, accurate and succinct communication of the benefits of treatment is emphasised in clinical practice. But the disadvantages and adverse effects of drugs are also importan...

Study titles

Inappropriate titles of abstracts.