Burnout and psychiatrists: what do we know and where to from here?

Burnout and psychiatrists: what do we know and where to from here?

Medicine in most parts of the world is becoming a stressful profession. Psychiatrists represent a high-risk group among doctors for experiencing burnout, alcohol and drug use, posing suicide risk and other forms of work-related stress. There are reports that entrants in the profession of psychiatrists are decreasing globally. Conceptual issues related to burnout are explored and factors contrib...

Molecular approaches to diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis what we know and what we do not know.

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) are a major complication in immunocompromized patients where can be serious and rapidly fatal. Early diagnosis and early appropriate antifungal treatment is important in reducing mortality and morbidity. But despite many efforts to develop detection methods, the diagnosis of IA still remains challenging and current conventional methods are limited for adequate diagno...

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet

Breastfeeding: What Do We Know, and Where Do We Go From Here?

Breastfeeding reduces all-cause and infection-related child mortality, sudden infant death syndrome–related mortality, and maternal breast cancer and cardiovascular risk; the effect of breast milk is dose-dependent, with exclusivity and longer duration increasing benefits. 3 –5 With this background, Dr Lisa-Christine Girard and colleagues have conducted a unique and thoughtful study to examine ...

Advertising’s Role in Capitalist Markets: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go from Here?

INTRODUCTION Advertising is one of the most fascinating phenomena in modern capitalist markets. It is pervasive, perplexing, multidimensional, and unfathomably rich. It is seemingly simple, yet full of paradoxes. Lay people and some experts assume they understand well how advertising works. Yet their simple conclusions may be quite wrong. Decades of research seem to have led to some generalizat...