Who cares? The lost legacy of Archie Cochrane

The Importance of Evidence: The Legacy of Archie Cochrane.

The establishment of Cochrane Russia within the Kazan Federal University is a great triumph. Even more signifi cant, perhaps, it is indication of the determination of the medical leadership in Tatarstan to contribute to the scientifi c factual basis for judgments and interventions in the practice of medicine. The faculty of the university is to be congratulated for showing its interest in the q...

Who cares?

User Interfaces; Who Cares?

According to Michael Stonebraker’s experiences, if you select a group of well-known experts in database research and ask them to identify the domains where meeting use+ requirements is of primary importance and at the ‘same time more significant advances are needed and more research should be promoted, user interfaces comes out as number one in the list. This has been the case over the last dec...

Medication adherence: WHO cares?

The treatment of chronic illnesses commonly includes the long-term use of pharmacotherapy. Although these medications are effective in combating disease, their full benefits are often not realized because approximately 50% of patients do not take their medications as prescribed. Factors contributing to poor medication adherence are myriad and include those that are related to patients (eg, subo...

Who cares for the children?

The authors report findings from a national study comparing congregationbased child care programs with other private and public programs. They found that 25% of child care is being provided by congregations, and that congregations are significantly more likely to be serving middle and upper-middle class children who pay flat rate fees, not low income children whose care is subsidized by governm...