Innovation: Are we really creating something new?

Polycystic ovary syndrome. Are we overlooking something?

Fetal bradyarrythmia: are we missing something?

Cardiac rhabdomyoma is the most commonest [1] cardiac tumor detected in intrauterine life as well as in early infancy. It constitutes about 70–80 % of all cardiac tumors reported in various clinical series and to 40 % in all autopsy series. It is actually a hamartoma of developing myocytes [2]. Majority of these rhabdomyomas have a benign course and regress spontaneously, however, the clinical ...

Chronic disease: are we missing something?

Chronic disease is the no. 1 cause of death and disability in the United States. Treating patients with chronic diseases accounts for 75% of the nation’s health care spending, which surpassed $2.3 trillion in 2008. The most common and costly chronic diseases are heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoporosis, and diabetes. Other significant conditions include...

Innovation Contests - Where are we?

Innovation contests in their basic structure have a long-standing tradition and can be attributed to continuously gain in importance as a corporate practice. A deep understanding of this online instrument, however, is still lacking. Contrary to other methods used to realize open innovation, research in the field of online innovation contests displays a growing, but only rudimentarily intertwine...

Are we really reducing global poverty?

Some of the global norms, facts and findings on poverty have l ed to two incorrect conclusions: that good progress is being made towards the target of halving global poverty by 2015, and that aggregate economic growth is the best way for reducing it further. The paper questions whether $1 per day is a valid poverty norm, whether poverty trends for China are an enigma; and whether statistical va...