The BMJ Awards are back in the Indian subcontinent for 2015, rebranded as the BMJ Awards South Asia. This year nominations are invited from eight countries—Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. And there are new categories, including awards dedicated to the specialties of cardiology, pulmonology, and diabetes; one for an outstanding postgraduate thesis; a...

An experimental study of punitive damage awards in personal injury cases was conducted, using jury-eligible respondents. There was substantial consensus on judgments of the outrageousness of a defendant’s actions and of the appropriate severity of punishment. Judgments of dollar awards made by individuals and synthetic juries were much more erratic. These results are familiar characteristics of...

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) encompasses malignancies that arise in the mucosa of the upper aerodigestive tract. Recent high throughput DNA sequencing revealed HNSCC mutation profiles including genes that control several cancer cell characteristics, including dysregulation of proliferation and death signals, induction of inflammatory responses, and reprogramming of cell metabol...

E ach spring, the editors of Sports Health have the pleasure of selecting the winning manuscripts for the annual T. David Sisk Awards. These awards commemorate the life of Dr T. David Sisk, our colleague and mentor, who chaired the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Medical Publishing Board during the development of Sports Health. Dr Sisk enthusiastically fostered the deve...

Background. Recent studies suggest that adolescent adiposity is established already in preadolescence. Earlier studies have confirmed a strong tracking of obesity from adolescence to adulthood. Our aim was to examine the diagnostic accuracy of a population-derived protocol for identification of preschool children at risk for obesity in preadolescence. Methodology/ Principal Findings. We analyse...

The GEDI will support research using existing research samples to investigate main effects, correlations , and interactions among genetic, environmental , and developmental factors in the etiology of substance abuse and related phenotypes in humans. The term "substance abuse" as used in this RFA refers broadly to several different but related concepts including substance use (quantity, frequenc...