Biosecurity in times of COVID19 or how to take it seriously

yellow scorpion bite: ignore or take it seriously?

Non-adherence in difficult asthma: time to take it seriously.

Recent studies have demonstrated a high prevalence of non-adherence with anti-inflammatory medication in patients referred for specialist assessment with difficult-to-control asthma. As well as poor asthma outcome and increased healthcare cost, failure to detect non-adherence makes identification of true treatment-resistant/refractory asthma challenging. This is because guideline definitions of...

Physical activity-time to take it seriously and regularly.

In 1994, the epidemiologist Jerry Morris described physical activity as the “best buy” in public health. In 2012, The Lancet published its fi rst Series on physical activity, which showed an estimated 5·3 million deaths per year are due to inactivity; the Series concluded that physical inactivity is as important a modifi able risk factor for chronic diseases as obesity and tobacco. Today, we pu...

How seriously should we take Minimalist syntax?

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It is time to take memory training seriously.

It has been known for a long while that children with Down syndrome have specific impairments in verbal shortterm memory. Research now indicates that memory training activities may be effective.