Formal development of asthma education programs began in the early 1970s. More powerful inhaled medications had become available, yet their benefits were not being fully realized.' Patients' technique in using metered-dose inhalers, upon which so much of the current pharmacologic management depends, was seriously inadequate.2'3 High rates of nonadherence to medication regimens were documented f...

I have been using these two books extensively for reference purposes as part of my final year project in psychiatry and I was asked to provide a user's view of them. Although I have found both books useful in my researches, they are very different and individually reflect American and European experience in the fascinating area of non-epileptic seizures. The Ameri-can book "Non Epileptic Seizur...

editorial Every year, in June, the major databases publish the impact exerted by scientific periodicals in the scientific context. While Thompson Reuters quantifies it as the journal's impact factor, SCImago database terms it cites per doc. However, both estimate the average number of citations of articles published in a certain periodical. The methods are very similar, with the only difference...

iabetes is a chronic disease in which insulin deficiency or the body's resistance to insulin leads to a high level of sugar in the blood. Without proper treatment, diabetes can lead to serious complications such as heart attack, kidney failure, blindness, and lower extremity amputation. In the United States, diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death. During the past two decades, the diabetes...

Chal Nakhjir (Nakhcheer) is a rare geological phenomenon located on the side of the road connecting Delijan to Naragh in Markazi Province, Iran. This amazing cave was discovered in 1989, and it was registered as a national monument in 2001. The cave was opened to the public in March 2010 (1). It is a limestone cave that is approximately 7 million years old. Parts of the cave, including its inte...

Recently, some articles on the P-value published in biomedical journals caught my eye. These articles included the words 'mis-use, ' 'misconception, ' or 'misinterpretation' of the P-value in their titles or abstracts. Nuzzo [1] stated that P-values, the 'gold stan-dard' of statistical validity, are not as reliable as many scientists assume and added that 'the P-value was never meant to be used...

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The editors gratefully thank all the participants for their contributions in making this an informative and productive workshop. Appreciation is extended to Pat Early and Aldis Valkirs who provided meeting support and background material and to Chip Johnson and Ignacio Rivera–Duarte for editing support and information on copper loading. We would like to thank Wayne Hicks of Nati...

To the Editor: Hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae), cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Europe and Asia and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the Ameri-cas. In Greece, hantaviruses are endemic, and small outbreaks or sporadic cases of HFRS have been observed; Dobrava virus is the predominant hantavirus and causes severe HFRS (1,2), while Puumala virus is probably the causative a...

I have been using these two books extensively for reference purposes as part of my final year project in psychiatry and I was asked to provide a user's view of them. Although I have found both books useful in my researches, they are very different and individually reflect American and European experience in the fascinating area of non-epileptic seizures. The Ameri-can book "Non Epileptic Seizur...