adolescent behaviour should be priority

Undernutrition should be the first priority.

Madam, Public Health Nutrition is now established as an international journal, and you are to be congratulated for that. But as a regular reader I am disappointed and even somewhat dismayed to find so little coverage of undernutrition, as an issue that is at the heart of public health nutrition. My view, which may be unpopular, is that we who have lived on the fat of the land should face with r...

Should Priority Setting Also Be Concerned About Profound Socio-Economic Transformations? A Response to Recent Commentary

I-14: Assisted Reproduction and Religion What Consideration Should Be and Should Not Be Relevant,

Several important issues are pertinent to an ethical discussion of the new technology today grouped under the name Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART). This is a moral imperative because each of us must decide what is to be considered ethically acceptable in assisted reproduction. Reflecting on the ethical dimension of ‘creating’ a new human life can play a major role in ensuring that in eac...

Who should be given priority in a queue?

We consider a memoryless single server queue with two classes of customers, each having its fixed entry fee. We show that profit and social welfare may benefit from a service discipline based on relative priorities. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Child and Adolescent Depression: Should Antidepressants Be Used in Treatment?

This paper examines the controversy over the use of selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in the treatment of children and adolescents. Arguments for and against the use of SSRIs with pediatric populations are evaluated. Supporting SSRI treatment are findings that SSRIs are effective, the potential accessibility of medication, and findings that SSRIs have played a role in the overall ...