PARQUE MADUREIRA: EXCEPTIONAL OR MERELY GOOD IN COMPARISON?

Competition in Healthcare: Good, Bad or Ugly?

The role of competition in healthcare is much debated. Despite a wealth of international experience in relation to competition, evidence is mixed and contested and the debate about the potential role for competition is often polarised. This paper considers briefly some of the reasons for this, focusing on what is meant by “competition in healthcare” and why it is more valuable to think about th...

Brain Lactoferrin: An Endogenous Peptide or Merely an Intruder

The focus of this review is on literature that deals with the effects of lactoferrin on the brain. This intriguing peptide has a large array of biological effects. This peptide is considered as part of the innate immune system with ipso facto defense properties. Produced from degranulation of neutrophils and other cells, it travels through circulation and crosses the blood brain barrier. Lactof...

Highly similar noncoding genomic DNA sequences: ultraconserved, or merely widespread?

In this note, I propose an explanation for the seeming contradiction between bioinformatics-based predictions of an essential function for ultraconserved DNA sequences, and the lack of an experimental demonstration of such function.

Criminal or merely human?: the prosecution of negligent doctors.

Dieting: really harmful, merely ineffective or actually helpful?

Dieting has developed a negative reputation among many researchers and health care professionals. However, 'dieting' can refer to a variety of behavioural patterns that are associated with different effects on eating and body weight. The wisdom of dieting depends on what kind of dieting is involved, who is doing it, and why. Thus, depending on what one means by the term, dieting can be quite ha...