Physician training: more than a legislative issue.

Environmental Sanitation Crisis: More than just a health issue

THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION CRISIS CANNOT BE DENIED: well over a century after the sanitary revolution in 19th century Europe, 40% of the world's population still lacks access to improved sanitation. Important lessons from the past must be applied today if the crisis is to be averted. Sanitation has suffered from a lack of prioritization for as long as it has remained the poor relation ...

Elevated [CO2] and forest vegetation: more a water issue than a carbon issue?

Studies of responses of forest vegetation to steadily increasing atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have focussed strongly on the potential of trees to absorb extra carbon; the effects of elevated [CO2] on plant–soil water relations via decreased stomatal conductance and increased ambient temperature have received less attention, but may be significant in the long term at the ecosystem level. CO...

Lifelong Learning Ñ More Than Training

Neurofeedback training improves ADHD symptoms more than attention skills training.

ED FROM Gevensleben H, Holl B, Albrecht B, et al. Is neurofeedback an effi cacious treatment for ADHD? A randomised controlled clinical trial. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2009;50:780–9. Correspondence to: Hartmut Heinrich, Heckscher-Klinikum, Deisenhofener Strasse 28, D-81539 Munich, Germany; [email protected] Sources of funding: German Research Foundation. Gevensleben and colleagues describe a m...

Training in ERCP: a multifaceted enterprise now more than ever

Dear Editor: We read with great interest the recent article by Frost et al. examining whether trainee involvement in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is detrimental to cannulation success [1]. ERCP training has evolved considerably over the last 15 years, and the definition of competency in ERCP has expanded well beyond the ability to cannulate a duct of interest to incorpo...