20 Years Past Weiser: What's Next?

Patient safety at 10 years: how far have we come? What's next?

B-type natriuretic peptide levels: diagnostic and prognostic in congestive heart failure: what's next?

Although major advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure (CHF) have resulted in treatments that lead to symptomatic improvement and longer life, CHF still remains a major clinical challenge, especially in the areas of diagnosis, prognosis, and risk stratification. For the first time since the introduction of echocardiography some 20 years ago, a simple blo...

Peace Ajiboye says your views matter.

HELLO EVERYONE and welcome to another edition of No Limits. My name is Peace Ajiboye and I am the new consultant editor of our magazine. For the next two years it will be my face that appears at the top of this column where we announce what's new and what's hot in nursing education. Take your time to read through this issue; there is sure to be something somewhere that's relevant to you.

Urology training: past, present and future.

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Dedicated training hours for surgeons are falling as the complexity of techniques and patient expectations are increasing. Urologists therefore need to train in more sophisticated and effective ways. This article looks at past and current urological training and suggests emerging and innovative ways to teach the next generation of urolog...

Where Next for Microbiome Research?

The development of high-throughput sequencing technologies has transformed our capacity to investigate the composition and dynamics of the microbial communities that populate diverse habitats. Over the past decade, these advances have yielded an avalanche of metagenomic data. The current stage of "van Leeuwenhoek"-like cataloguing, as well as functional analyses, will likely accelerate as DNA a...