OBJECTIVES Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) and corticosteroid injection (CSI) are treatment options for plantar fasciitis. Their clinical outcome comparison remains a debate. Also, the thickness changes of the plantar fascia on objective evaluation under the medium energy ESWT and CSI therapy are elusive. METHODS A total of 97 patients with chronic plantar fasciitis were enrolled in t...

attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ad/hd) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood which involves behavioral and learning disturbances in children.  in addition, the disorder usually causes some problems in a child’s interaction with the peer group and family members. the present research addresses the comparative effectiveness of behavior parent training (bpt)...

In their preface to the fourth edition of Psychiatric Diagnosis, authors Goodwin and Guze are clear on the limitations of their work: there is little "theory" or "speculation" nor any unproved claims in this review of a dozen psychiatric diagnoses. While this approach leaves a straightforward and complete compendium of current knowledge, it also handicaps the work. Like other texts, it provides...

THIS is an excellent book although unhappily the only coloured plates concern artists' impressions of various Plasmodia; there is available, however, a set of 180 colour illustrations which can be obtained separately, but the reviewer did not have the pleasure of secinz these. It must be added that many of the black-and-white illustrations given in the text are of outstanding quality; several m...

possible rewards and perils. Although this project is often referred to as the "holy grail of modern genetics," the authors cover the potential for significant abuses and end with a cautionary note that could well summarize the entire book: "The accumulation of genetic knowledge ... does not guarantee wisdom ... if such knowledge breeds a false sense of human mastery over genes, it can even lea...