Migration—the choices we face

Migration-the choices we face.

ore than 1 million refugees and migrants arrived in Europe in 2015, and nearly 390,000 more in 2016, many fleeing conflict in the Middle East and North Africa. European leaders have often accommodated the migrants with admirable generosity, even while facing stiff political opposition. Yet, if developed countries focus only on immediate domestic impacts of mass migration, they will miss a criti...

Young women with breast cancer genes face tough choices.

We can shift academic culture through publishing choices

Researchers give papers for free (and often actually pay) to exploitative publishers who make millions off of our articles by locking them behind paywalls. This discriminates not only against the public (who are usually the ones that paid for the research in the first place), but also against the academics from institutions that cannot afford to pay for journal subscriptions and the 'scholarly ...

"We are our choices"--AIDS impact special issue Amsterdam 2015.

Udi Davidovich, Kai Jonas, Jose Catalan, Lucie Cluver, Richard Harding, Barbara Hedge, Bridgette Prince, Kees Rietmeijer, Bruno Spire, Frans van den Boom and Lorraine Sherr Local AIDSImpact 2015 Conference Chairs; International AIDSImpact Board; Department of Research, Amsterdam Public Health Service, The Netherlands; Department of Social Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; CN...

IV fluid choices in children: have we found the solution?

a e s r f w a f a f There have been at least 15 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published on the isotonic versus hypotonic maintenance fluid debate in the last decade, the most recent of which was the trial conducted by Valadão et al.,1 published in this issue of Jornal de Pediatria. Based on a concern that children undergoing surgery are at particular risk of hospital-acquired hyponatremia...