Good Intentions Gone Bad? The Dodd-Frank Act and Conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes Region

Maintenance of certification: Good intentions gone awry.

Physicians currently practice in an environment of everincreasing scrutiny and review. We are held to performance standards and quality outcomes that meet society's expectations and that are used to gauge the adequacy of our clinical expertise and service. These performance measures have evolved as precise, definitive, quantitative assessments of clinical competency through which we are judged ...

Cholesterol and mortality in heart failure: the bad gone good?

Hypercholesterolemia is a well-established risk factor for the development of coronary artery disease (CAD) and for CAD mortality (1). Elevated serum cholesterol levels were also a risk factor for the development of heart failure (HF) in the Framingham study (2). Reduction in serum total cholesterol levels with 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) in p...

Giveaway drugs: good intentions, bad design.

Dealing with good intentions that go bad.

Q Several patients who had been receiving care at the same dental office recently transferred to our practice. Although their stories were slightly different, the results appeared to be the same. For example, 1 patient stated that she had seen a new dentist for her routine examination and cleaning, and the dentist found a cavity in her lower right molar as well as in several other teeth. After ...

Post-conflict land governance reform in the African Great Lakes region Part I – The challenges of post-conflict land reform