The Renaissance of Digitoxin Is Overdue

Early childhood development-global action is overdue.

In 2007, The Lancet declared that early childhood development was a global challenge of the greatest urgency. 4 years later, we have made progress, but still have far to go in making early childhood development the global priority it must be. The importance of early childhood development remains profound. As the accompanying papers in The Lancet show so clearly, the prenatal and postnatal perio...

Improving Principal Evaluation Is Long Overdue

Direct Access to Physical Therapy in Michigan is Overdue

Direct access to physical therapists (PTs), the ability for a patient to seek care from a PT without physician referral, has been contested for many years. The traditional gatekeeper model of access to physical therapy has changed throughout the nation and only two states remain without direct access. Michigan is one of those states, and the state legislature has not advanced direct access legi...

Newborn Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism in India– Is OVERDUE

Neonatal screening is an essential preventative public health program, and is the standard practice of care world– wide. India is yet to start any publicly funded program despite this having been established in many countries for over 50 years. The purpose of neonatal screening is to reduce morbidity and mortality in the newborn. Detection must have a clear benefit for the baby and be cost effe...

Digitoxin—A Critical Review *

Within recent years, there has been an increasing interest in purified digitalis preparations. However, in spite of the original optimistic reports , the recent literature tends to discredit the value of the new preparations. Most criticisms fall into two groups: (A) Inadequacy of digitali-zation with the original recommended dosage schedules. (B) Increase in the incidence of drug toxicity. It ...