40 Years Young

40 Years Young

1974 will be remembered for many things: the resignation of Richard Nixon, ABBA’s victory at the Eurovision song contest, or even perhaps the invention of the Rubik’s cube. It also witnessed the launch of an upstart in the publishing world whose aim was to provide a focal point and shared purpose among the rapidly expanding community of cell and molecular biologists. We’ll spend this year comme...

Gastric Carcinomas in Young (Younger than 40 Years) Chinese Patients

Little is known about clinicopathological characteristics of gastric carcinoma (GC) in young (≤40 years) Chinese patients. We aimed in this study to analyze those features along with family history and prognostic factors after resection. We retrospectively reviewed all 4671 GC resections (surgical and endoscopic) performed at our center from 2004 to 2014 and identified 152 (3.2%) consecutive yo...

40 Years Hard Labour

I'm sorry to say that there's hardly a word that is research based in this " 40 years hard labour " , but what surprises me is that my observation and experience is sometimes supported by subsequent research. This is an anecdotal account which I hope you will enjoy and find peppered with controversy, pearls of wisdom, and food for thought, but I expect it will not add one jot to the body of you...

40 Years Ago

40 Years Ago

P eople have varying opinions about the role of sports in life. For some it's a diversion: a chance to forget about life for a short while. For many athletes, sports is their life! Without sports, unfortunately, life has no meaning for some. For countless others, sports prepares them for life. Adolescent and high school athletes can learn that discipline and dedication combined with hard work c...