We all deserve a raise!

High density lipoprotein - should we raise it?

Low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels are associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction. Experimental studies have identified several potential anti-atherogenic properties of HDL, including promotion of macrophage cholesterol efflux, endothelial nitric oxide stimulation, anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombotic effects. These observations ha...

How to get all the 99214s you deserve.

Good ideas deserve repeating.

To the Editor:—In a recent letter, Erickson and Lanier reported on a useful method to preoxygenate claustrophobic patients who will not tolerate a facemask, by having the patients hold the L-connector of the anesthesia circuit in their mouth. They may be interested to know that an identical method, complete with an almost identical photograph, was published as a correspondence by Keifer and Sti...

Hancock helped raise the standards for all nurses.

There will be many people who write to say how they have admired Christine Hancock's work as general secretary of the RCN.

We all need friends

We all need friends T he idea that the intestinal content can cause a number of physical and psychological ailments is very old (1). Remedies to clean the bowel were used in ancient Egypt, probably inspired by the peculiar behaviour of the ibis bird, as stated by Plinius (23Á79 A.D.): 'The bird which is called the ibis and which is a native of Egypt, by means of its hooked beak, laves the insid...