From the Massachusetts General Hospital (M.E.K., R.C.D, S.K.), Boston, MA; Broad Institute (M.E.K., A.S., D.K., C.G., N.B., S.K.), Cambridge, MA, Jackson State University (S.G.B., D.F.S, H.A.T.), Jackson, MS, University of Minnesota (M.W.S.), Minneapolis, MN, GV (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center (J.G.W.) Jackson, MS, University of Mississippi Medical Center (J.G.W., H.A.T.), Jackson, MS and ...

Children constitute about 40% of India’s population. Infants and children suffer from frequent but usually non-serious illnesses. Most of these are self-limiting (Straand et al., 1998) and are often treated not only inappropriately, but also resorting to polypharmacy (Ghai and Paul, 1988). Prescribers and the consumers are flooded with a vast array of pharmaceutical preparations with innumerabl...

In his first Editorial, Prof. OP Ghai who took over as Editor in January 1973 noted with satisfaction that ‘The Journal ranks as one of the foremost ... in India with high academic standards and regular publication. The journal is now financially viable in this period of rising costs and diminishing revenues. Credit for this achievement, to a large measure, is due to the confidence reposed by t...

involving the rise of the health centre and the health care team. In terms of precursors, these ideas went back at least to 1920; in terms of operational application, the modernization of general practice cannot really be said to have begun before 1966. It may even be argued that the characterization of modern general practice-"a network of surveillance that discovered, identified and monitored...

The Roscoe B. Jackson Laboratory, known commonly in the scientific field as the Jackson Laboratory, was founded by Clarence Cook Little [5] in May 1929. The lab has been pivotal in research with in vitro [6] fertilization [7], teratomas, gene replacement therapy for birth defects [8] , and more because its researchers have focused from the beginning on developing the mouse [9] as a model organi...

‘Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other hunter whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps, “My friend is dead! What can I do?” The operator says “Calm down. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.” There is a silence, then a gun shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says “OK, n...