BACKGROUND In 2004, the Japanese government permitted medical graduates for the first time to choose their training location directly through a national matching system. While the reform has had a major impact on physicians' placement, research on the impact of the new system on physician distribution in Japan has been limited. In this study, we sought to examine the determinants of physicians'...

Adithya Cattamanchi and colleagues reflect on recent research by Michael Levin and coworkers into the use of whole blood mRNA expression signatures to detect tuberculosis. The authors highlight challenges faced in getting this promising technology into clinics in low-resource settings. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

In an earlier survey of over 900 women in the local automobile industry, several influences and preferences for breast screening were identified. The purpose of the current study was to extend the survey population to women across Canada, as well as to ascertain women's satisfaction with organized (governmental) screening programs within their geographic areas. Using random-digit-dialing, 1,224...

IT is found that the attendance of preschool children aged one to six years is generally unsatisfactory in government clinics in Malaysia, compared to that of infants. Reports on Maternal and Child Health Services in various States of Malaysia (1979) showed that in 1978 the attendance of children aged one to four years ranged from 4.5% to 18% in all the States in Peninsular Malaysia except in M...