this commentary explores the implications of increased social media marketing by drug manufacturers, based on findings in hyosun kim’s article of the major themes in recent food and drug administration (fda) warning letters and notices of violation regarding online direct-to-consumer promotions of pharmaceuticals. kim’s rigorous analysis of fda letters over a 10-year span highlights a relative ...

Ileal digestibility and availability of lysine in protein concentrates ,for pigs The availability of lysine in protein concentrates for pigs and the relationship between ileal digestibility and availability have been investigated in two separate research projects : Dr Jane Leibholz of the University of Sydney, with weaner pigs, and myself at the Wollongbar Agricultural Institute, using grower p...

I should have to obtain the consent of the Clarendon Press and as it happens I have not been able to get hold of the Secretary, who is not often in London. I cannot get down to Oxford for a week or two, so we must, if you do not mind, leave the matter in that state for the moment. How glad you must be that you are out of Germany! You are by now thoroughly settled, and I expect Mrs. Sigerist als...

is the threat of coercion undermining the free giving of consent; to overcome this objection to the use of prisoners, scientists would have to show that certain rights of prisoners outside the experimental situation are not violated. Analogously, to make the case for conscription of animals, scientists would have to work to protect their rights in nonscientific contexts. Exemplary research is r...

those papers emphasizing adaptive and integrative mechanisms. It is published 12 times a year (monthly) by the American publishes original papers that deal with diverse areas of research in applied physiology, especially Journal of Applied Physiology

Analysis of the influence of the ghrelin receptor rs509035, rs512692 and rs2922126 polymorphisms in the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Sirs, Cardiovascular (CV) events due to accelerated atherosclerosis constitute the leading cause of mortality in patients with rheuma-toid arthritis (RA) (1). Chronic systemic inflammation predicts the progression of atheros...

Trends in fat consumption I read the paper ‘Trends in individual fat consumption in the UK 1900-1985’ by A. M. Stephen and G. M. Sieber (1994) with interest. This is an important subject for anyone concerned with possible links between fat consumption and chronic disease, especially in view of the intense educative activity about dietary fats that is now being encouraged. Try as I may, I cannot...