Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among women, and its incidence increases with age. The average age at diagnosis is 61 years, and the majority of deaths occurs after the age of 65 years. Optimal approach to elderly women with breast cancer is still a major challenge. Elderly patients with cancer should have at least a brief geriatric assessment to detect potentially treatable problem...

Marcel Kuntz argues that the cred­ ibility of science is under threat from postmodern thought and the field of science studies in particu­ lar [1]. However, we do not think even Kuntz could really accept his representa­ tion of science as a monolithic monopoly of truth, and his misrepresentation of sci­ ence studies muddies the waters rather than clarifies them. Kuntz writes that “[t]he rationa...

Seizures and status epilepticus are epilepsy emergencies with high morbidity and mortality. Early treatment is crucial, and the identification of an underlying etiology informs both continued treatment and prognosis. Many patients have underdiagnosed nonconvulsive seizures or nonconvulsive status epilepticus, particularly the comatose or critically ill. Timely EEG can be useful for diagnosis, m...

standard’ treatment for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, after failure of two antipsychotics at adequate doses for an adequate duration of time. However, even after 1 year, a number of patients fail to respond to clozapine alone. We question the term ‘treatment-resistant’, which implies that little further can be done and generates therapeutic nihilism, and instead suggest the term ‘neurolept...

It is proved that in the youth culture of sixties XIX century there was a split into educational and nihilistic subcultures. The purpose study to analyze views educated young people on system values lifestyle. subject ideas 1860s about nihilism. novelty work determined by comparison two subcultures – nihilistic. theme uncovered context historical anthropological approach, which requires persona...

A variety of interventions have proven effective in reducing the risk of a first stroke.1 Nevertheless, each year, more than 700 000 Americans have strokes and more than 150 000 die, making stroke the country’s third-leading cause of death.2 More than 25% of stroke survivors older than age 65 years are disabled 6 months later.2 On the basis of the results of prospective randomized clinical tria...

as a guide to the medical staff but also helps largely in the working of the attached dispensary. The appearance of the new Presidency General Hospital Pharmacopoeia will therefore remove a long-felt want of the members of the institution. A pharmacopoeia is a book of standards; the editor is more or less bound down by formula; and recipes of old standing and cannot allow himself to be carried ...

We appreciate the positive opinion of Michael J Oakes 1 on our article 2 and his recognition of the contribution of our research group to the field of contextual epidemiology. We also understand that Oakes’ critics are not specifically directed at our publication but express a general concern on the use of observational approaches in research on neighbourhood and health. In the absence of rando...