Why are we whispering? Mental illness still makes some people uncomfortable

Breastfeeding--why are we still failing?

Global public health recommendations on breastfeeding by WHO clearly state that, “infants should exclusively breastfeed for the first six months of life to achieve optimal growth, development and health.Thereafter, to meet their evolving nutritional requirements, infants should receive nutritionally adequate and safe complementary foods while breastfeeding continues for up to two years of age o...

Why are we still promoting breast self-examination?

Why we are still failing to measure the nutrition transition

Correspondence to Dr Helen L Walls; helen. walls@ lshtm. ac. uk IntroduCtIon Malnutrition in all its forms—both underweight and micronutrient deficiencies, as well as overweight, obesity and associated non-communicable disease—is a global health issue, with the majority of cases arising in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Much of this malnutrition, particularly shifts towards an ...

Why are people with mental illness excluded from the rational suicide debate?

The topic of rational suicide is often approached with some trepidation by mental health professionals. Suicide prevention strategies are more likely to be seen as the domain of psychiatry and a wealth of psychiatric literature is devoted to identifying and managing suicide risk. Whether or not suicide can be deemed permissible is ostensibly linked to discussions of autonomy and mental capacity...

Measuring ovarian cancer care: why are we still failing?

The true measure of a society can be found in how it treats its weakest members. – M. Gandhi Arguably, ovarian cancer patients are some of the most vulnerable individuals that we treat. So how does our performance in treating these patients measure up? In this issue of Gynecologic Oncology, Cliby and colleagues review the contemporary patterns of care in the United States from 1998 to 2007 [1]....