Evidence continues to emerge linking high meat consumption with increased mortality. This week Arash Etemadi and colleagues provide further support for the association (doi:10. 1136/bmj.j1957). Their population based cohort study links high intake of red and processed meat with increased deaths from all causes and from nine specific ones. Dietary epidemiology studies are of course fraught with ...

While most traditional user interfaces are designed to pursue convenience by eliminating user operations and by automating tasks, some new categories of HCI, such as health support, may require explicit human participation and effort to achieve long-term benefits. For these areas, interfaces that require interactions that force users to perform activities, rather than interfaces that solely per...

I consider seven misunderstandings that may be encountered about the nature, purpose and properties of randomisation in clinical trials. Some concern the practical realities of clinical research on patients. Others are to do with the value and purpose of balance. Still others are to do with a confusion about the role of conditioning in valid statistical inference. I consider a simple game of ch...

In a recent paper, it was argued that some of the illustrations in popular textbooks comparing the Lorentz and Gaussian profiles with the ‘‘corresponding’’ Voigt profile are incorrect. These ‘‘misunderstandings’’ are shown to be a result of ambiguous specifications of the Voigt profile (i.e., there is no unique corresponding Voigt profile). Additionally, some comments on half-widths, numerics, ...

In this published form of his doctoral dissertation, Ryan Martin addresses the theme affections in Jonathan Edwards's theology. Primarily, he aims to correct some common misunderstandings "affective psychology" that are present interpretations work.