Entering a new millennium seems a good time to challenge some old ideas about cancer cause and prevention, which in our view This paper has been adapted in part from L.

Gifted underachievement, an issue that affects 15‐40% of the gifted population, occurs when a gifted child does not perform to the level of his or her accelerated abilities. This phenomenon develops through a blend of personal and environmental influences, including individual, family, and school factors. Furthermore, underachievement can occur when gifted students are not assessed or identifi...

I am responding to the informative and well-written article by Drs. Yuan, Al-Shali, and Hegele entitled “Hypertriglyceridemia: its etiology, effects and treatments” as published in CMAJ April 10, 2007: 176 (8): 1103-1120. I wish to provide evidence-based information herein to correct statements made in this article with respect to the potential use of omega-3 fatty acids from fish oils in the f...

This is a retrospective case control study. Out of a total of 1238 births occurring over a period of 8 months at the Aga Khan University Medical Centre, Karachi, 9.4% were preterm. Factors found to be associated with preterm labour were age > 35, height < 156 cm, anaemia or urinary tract infection in pregnancy, abruptio placentae, polyhydramnios, preterm rupture of membranes, intrauterine growt...

tion, necrosis, and dystrophy are legion, ranging from bacterial invasion to hereditary dwarfism. Without question, bacterial invasion from a carious lesion is the most frequent initial cause of pulp inflammation. Paradoxically, an alarming amount of pulp involvement is induced by the very dental treatment designed to repair the carious lesion. An increase in automobile and cycle accidents, as ...