Letter from Chicago: Jet lag science

Letter from Chicago: Jet lag science.

decision to give further narcotics the drugs may well be given too late to have any effect on the mother, although if given slightly earlier, and if delivery does occur within the next one to two hours, the baby may be affected and the start of his respiration impaired. For patients who are progressing rapidly in labour after induction and who can be expected to deliver within two to three hour...

Letter from chicago: compulsion.

About a quarter of a century ago I failed psychiatry because of my imperfect understanding of the obsessive-compulsive disorders. I had not grasped the difference between compulsions and obsessions, the professor pointed out from behind his big desk; and I had written that these disorders were rare when in fact they were exceedingly common. So I spent the summer clarifying these points in my mi...

Letter from Chicago: Oblomov's syndrome.

Letter from Chicago: Winter's tales.

Jet lag.

INTRODUCTION Jet lag affects most air travellers crossing five or more time zones; it tends to be worse on eastward than on westward flights. METHODS AND OUTCOMES We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following clinical question: What are the effects of interventions to prevent or minimise jet lag? We searched: Medline, Embase, The Cochrane Library, and other important data...