Utility of the Metabolic Syndrome Diagnosis: Can Home Blood Pressures Help Settle the Debate?

Utility of the metabolic syndrome diagnosis: can home blood pressures help settle the debate?

T here is significant debate regarding the clinical utility of the metabolic syndrome.1–3 Limited data suggest that the syndrome is not associated with cardio­ vascular disease above and beyond its individual components, or above and beyond current risk pre­ diction schemes such as the Framingham Risk Score, though additional data are needed in large populations to clarify these points.1 Howeve...

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Language, Nature and Nurture – Can genes settle the debate?

Is language innate or learned? Is it nature or nurture? The greatest minds have tried to find answers to this question. For decades the debate has raged between the most prominent scientists from Noam Chomsky and Steven Pinker to B.F. Skinner. Much has changed between the start of the debate and today. We now know much more about the human genome and its role in everyday activities than even te...

How Food Industries Can Help in Preventing Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome?

Can Inspirational Quotes Help the Recall of Abstract Vocabulary?

The present study investigates the potential impact of inspirational quotes on improving English abstract vocabulary recall. To achieve this, a multiple-choice Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT) of 60 items including vocabulary and grammar component was administered as the proficiency test to a sample of 63 second-semester male and female students aged 18 to 22, studying English Translation in ...