Population control not the answer

When the ICU is not the answer.

Obesity is not always the answer.

To cite: Ray P, Pawsey AKM, Preston JT. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-213784 DESCRIPTION A 22-year-old woman (body mass index of 40 kg/m) repeatedly presented to her general practitioner (GP), with a diffusely tender and distended abdomen. She was told the reason for her symptoms was obesity. Eventually her GP referred her to A&E department...

More regulation not the answer for opioids.

Diagnostic uncertainty: dichotomies are not the answer.

a leading figure in the development and evaluation of diagnostic research methods, argued that the binary ‘positive–negative’ framework used in test accuracy research is not representative of diagnostic decision making in clinical practice.1 In particular, he called for a move away from the dichotomisation of quantitative test scales (tests that are on a continuous or ordinal scale) and advocat...

Does Power Increase Self-Control? Episodic Priming May Not Provide the Answer

Powerful people (e.g., political and business leaders) should be able to control their impulses and act in line with long-term rather than short-term interests. However, theories of power suggest different answers to the question whether the basic experience of feeling powerful decreases (e.g., Keltner, Gruenfeld, Anderson, 2003) or increases self-control performance (e.g., Magee Smith, 2013). ...