the ijoem: any progress?

The IJOEM: any progress?

S urfing on the wings of time, days turned into weeks. Weeks turned into months. And, I found myself at a point to write you again—three months after the first issue of The IJOEM. Since then, many things happened: the Journal was welcomed by various healthcare professionals so that its Web site (www.theijoem.com and www. theijoem.org), received more than 60 000 hits almost three weeks after it ...

Any progress in systematic design ?

Genetics of Migraine - Is There any Progress?

Until now, the diagnosis of “migraine” is exclusively clinical, and any diagnostic tests are aimed only at excluding other causes of headache [4]. There are also problems with migraine treatment and although both traditional analgesics and specific anti-migraine products are available in the market, treatment of migraine patients is still not sufficiently effective. For example, specific anti-m...

Hepatorenal Syndrome, Are we making any Progress?

Any further progress in smoking cessation treatment?

The release of the US Public Health Service's quantitative review of smoking treatments, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence (TTUD; Fiore, Bailey, Cohen et al., 2000, AHRQ Publication, USDHHS), is a fitting occasion to revisit a question posed by Shiffman (1993, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61:718-722): has there been any recent progress in smoking cessation treatment? Using T...

Palmoplantar pustulosis – is there any progress in the treatment ?

Despite, the fact that palmoplantar pustulosis is still widely known by this name, it is currently regarded as a disease distinct from psoriasis. The real cause is still unknown. Septic foci have been blamed, but their removal may not cure eruptions. A case series of de novo occurrence of palmoplantar pustulosis induced by tumor necrosis factor–alpha antagonist therapy has been reported. It has...