Julian Gough studied protein structure analysis; then combined it with sequence comparison methods to produce a bioinformatics resource mapping all known structural domains to all completely sequenced genomes. This resource has provided the data for him, his colleagues and others in the field to understand the evolution of the protein repertoire. To compare and contrast structured and disordere...

There is an increasing amount of content relating to the history of medicine appearing online and many of our journals are adding 'media' or 'digital humanities' review sections. Yet, unlike book reviews, it remains unclear how scholars should go about writing a peer-review of a website. This review of Brought to Life: Exploring the History of Medicine makes an attempt to outline the criteria b...

T was a gray Baltimore morning in April 1942 when I first met George Rosen in the Johns Hopkins Institute. We 'clicked' immediately. Being both devotees of medical history we talked for hours almost exclusively about our adored subject; strangely enough neither about our careers (as it behooves colleagues) nor about world politics, though at that moment it breathed heavily down all our necks. I...

Clinical scenario Mrs X attends the clinic for removal of her intrauterine device (IUD). She explains that she had it inserted as emergency contraception and now wants it removed with this period. While on the couch, she confides that her general practitioner (GP), a close friend, had fitted the IUD in his own home to avoid anyone in the village knowing about her need. She had been away to a co...

The police often find themselves cast in the roles of counsellors or social workers by the very nature of their work yet there is hardly any 'mental health' content in their training and other social work agencies seem reluctant to count them as allies.

Shortly before his death in 1995, Kenneth B. Schwartz, a cancer patient at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), founded the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center. The Schwartz Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing compassionate health care delivery, which provides hope to the patient, support to caregivers, and sustenance to the healing process. The center sponsors the...

People rely on online reviews to guide their purchasing behavior. According to industry research reports, a big proportion of consumers claim that their purchasing decision is largely influenced by online reviews (Deloitte 2007). In addition, consumers share these reviews with their family, friends or colleagues to make sense of their shopping experiences and deepen social connections (Peters a...