Aristotle Got it right again!

Maternal breastfeeding positions: have we got it right? (2).

associated with significant health benefits, British mothers are some of the least likely in Europe to sustain breastfeeding (Hamlyn et al 2002). Knowledgeable support may be crucial in overcoming the problems that prompt early, unintended breast weaning (Renfrew et al 2005). Current breastfeeding support approaches suggest a fixed system of routine and early breastfeeding management using verb...

If it was good enough for Aristotle......

‘If you want to understand today you have to search yesterday ’ wrote the American novelist Pearl Buck, and such is the challenge facing those who hope to disentangle the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The disease is characterised by the insidious but progressive development of fibrosis that culminates in respiratory failure and death, usually within 5 years of diagnosis. ...

Model of diabetes management: Have we got it right for South Asian people in the UK?

Article points 1. Variations in health beliefs, socio-cultural values, religious preferences, locus of control, family and their social networks influence South Asians’ diabetes management and their engagement with diabetes-related risks. 2. The aim of this study was to develop a conceptual model on risk perception among older South Asian people with type 2 diabetes in the UK. 3. As risk percep...

Improving Air Quality by Reformulating Gasoline: How California Got It Right

The pygmy hog is a unique genus: 19th century taxonomists got it right first time round.

The pygmy hog, Sus salvanius, the smallest and rarest extant suid was first described as the only member of the genus Porcula. It is currently regarded as member of the genus Sus and a sister taxon of the domestic pig/Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa). Phylogenetic analyses of 2316 bp from three mtDNA loci (control-region, cytochrome b, 16S) by Bayesian inference and statistical testing of altern...