Predicting Cancer Before It Happens Is Not Far From Reality

Melioidosis: It is not Far from here

In the modern world, with developed traveling facilities, tourism is an important factor in emerging new infectious diseases in non-endemic areas. Therefore, the epidemiology of infections is a considerable issue for physicians and should be taken into account. We report a case of melioidosis in a 69-year-old Iranian man during his trip to Southeast Asia. On admission, he was febrile with tachy...

Mitigating Android Software Misuse Before It Happens

Mobile phones running open operating systems such as Google Android will soon be the norm in cellular networks. These systems expose previously unavailable phone and network resources to application developers. However, with increased exposure comes increased risk. Poorly or maliciously designed applications can compromise the phone and network. While Android defines a base set of permissions t...

Supporting fatherhood before and after it happens.

Today’s father is not your father’s father. There are 70.1 million fathers in the United States, with 24.7 million part of married couples with children aged ,18 years. Although 40% of children are born to unmarried couples, father involvement in all families has never been higher. From 1965 to 2011, fathers have more than doubled their involvement, both in time spent with their children in chi...

Placebo is far from benign: it is disease-mongering.

What happens before chemotherapy ?

Modern medical cancer interventions are allowing for greater survival rates. A chemotherapy side-effect, where patients report difficulty during performance of familiar cognitive tasks, is named chemo fog or chemobrain. Traditional neuropsychological assessments may not be sensitive enough to detect these subtle chemotherapy-related cognitive impairments (or CRCI). The advent of MRI and fMRI to...