U nder the section Scientific Productivity, the 2010 report of the External Evaluation of INDEPTH (1) recommended that ‘INDEPTH must campaign and work for fuller exploitation of sites’ data, but should not impose specific research topics on sites. As a supplementary strategy to the comparative studies pursued by Working Groups, it might consider commissioning a series of ‘‘Illustrative Analyses...

PURPOSE Previously identified U.S. drug information centers (DICs) were surveyed to determine whether they were still in existence and whether changes had occurred in the DICs since 2003. METHODS Eighty-nine DICs identified in a 2003 survey were surveyed in April 2008. For DICs still in existence, questions were designed to determine whether there were changes in the mission, time spent on ac...

BACKGROUND Limited information is available regarding sleep medicine education worldwide. Nevertheless, medical education has been blamed for the under-recognition of sleep disorders among physicians. This study was designed to assess the knowledge of Saudi undergraduate medical students about sleep and sleep disorders and the prevalence of education on sleep medicine in medical schools as well...

Nearly 90 million Americans live below 200% of the federal poverty threshold. The links between lower socioeconomic status and poor health are clear, and all physicians face the resulting challenges in patient care. Current medical school curricula do not adequately prepare students to address this issue despite recommendations from the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Institute...

The management of inpatient hyperglycemia has received much recent attention because of an expanding literature supporting the benefits of quality improvement and the creation of guidelines in this area. The authors began a process in 2002 to create modern protocols for glycemic control with intravenous insulin in their intensive care units and with subcutaneous basal-prandial insulin in all of...

BACKGROUND Osteoporosis is an important public health problem. The aim of this study was to investigate food habits and some factors related to osteoporosis in women in Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 399 childbearing age women who were attending health centers and 200 healthcare providers in 2007. Food habits and dietary calcium intake was evaluated by food frequenc...