Digital transformation, for better or worse: a critical multi?level research agenda

Retirement: for better or worse?

enjoyed much more than work. “I’m so busy I don’t know how I had time to work!” Others are adrift. One of my physician colleagues, recently retired due to illness, and still adjusting, reported that he met another retired doctor, who summed up his retirement this way: “I used to be important.” Retirement and disability are quite different but may overlap. The person who retires because of a dis...

For Better or Worse ? Minireview

embryonic stem (ES) cells (as well as the numerous tools Over the past several years, the scientific and popular available for studying tumor development in the mouse), press has been bubbling over with experimental findings there are two important differences between mice and that would seem to be setting the stage for a magic humans regarding telomeres and telomerase regulation. bullet agains...

For better or worse, or for a change?

The noradrenergic system is intimately related to the autonomic system and is thought to play a key role at the interface between arousal and cognition. The GANE (glutamate amplifies noradrenergic effects) theory proposes a complete account of that role, with an emphasis on the quantitative effect of noradrenaline on stimulus processing. This is in marked contrast to network reset theory, which...

Concierge medicine: for better or for worse?

Osteoporosis: combination therapy for better or worse.

Osteoporosis is a condition that is associated with an increased susceptibility for fractures. In the past few years, several drugs have become available that can reduce the incidence of fractures in patients with osteoporosis. Since these drugs work through different cellular mechanisms, combining agents of different classes may have an additive or multiplicative effect on fracture risk reduct...