Evidence for overuse of medical services around the world
Overuse, which is defined as the provision of medical services that are more likely to cause
harm than good, is a pervasive problem. Direct measurement of overuse through …
harm than good, is a pervasive problem. Direct measurement of overuse through …
The concept of prevention: a good idea gone astray?
B Starfield, J Hyde, J Gérvas, I Heath - Journal of Epidemiology & …, 2008 - jech.bmj.com
Over time, the definition of prevention has expanded so that its meaning in the context of
health services is now unclear. As risk factors are increasingly considered to be the …
health services is now unclear. As risk factors are increasingly considered to be the …
Roles of calcium ions in hyphal tip growth
SL Jackson, IB Heath - Microbiological Reviews, 1993 - Am Soc Microbiol
A role for Ca2+ in the tip growth process of fungal hyphae and other eukaryotic walled cells
has been widely explored, following the earlier indications of their importance by Jaffe …
has been widely explored, following the earlier indications of their importance by Jaffe …
Selling sickness: the pharmaceutical industry and disease mongeringCommentary: Medicalisation of risk factors
R Moynihan, P CG, I Heath, D Henry - Bmj, 2002 - bmj.com
A lot of money can be made from healthy people who believe they are sick. Pharmaceutical
companies sponsor diseases and promote them to prescribers and consumers. Ray …
companies sponsor diseases and promote them to prescribers and consumers. Ray …
General PracticeCross sectional study of symptom attribution and recognition of depression and anxiety in primary careCommentary: There must be limits to the …
Objectives: To examine the effect of patients' causal attributions of common somatic
symptoms on recognition by general practitioners of cases of depression and anxiety and to …
symptoms on recognition by general practitioners of cases of depression and anxiety and to …
Morphological effects of lipopeptides against Aspergillus fumigatus correlate with activities against (1, 3)-beta-D-glucan synthase
MB Kurtz, IB Heath, J Marrinan, S Dreikorn… - Antimicrobial agents …, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
The lipopeptide antifungal agents, echinocandins, papulacandins, and pneumocandins, kill
Candida albicans by inhibiting glucan synthesis. For this fungus, there is a good correlation …
Candida albicans by inhibiting glucan synthesis. For this fungus, there is a good correlation …
Variant mitoses in lower eukaryotes: indicators of the evolution of mitosis?
IB Heath - International review of cytology, 1980 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Mitosis is defined as all those types of nuclear division that produce two,
or rarely more, daughter nuclei, each containing a chromosome complement approximately …
or rarely more, daughter nuclei, each containing a chromosome complement approximately …
The challenge of overdiagnosis begins with its definition
The challenge of overdiagnosis begins with its definition Page 1 The challenge of overdiagnosis
begins with its definition Overdiagnosis means different things to different people. SM Carter and …
begins with its definition Overdiagnosis means different things to different people. SM Carter and …
[HTML][HTML] The importance of values in evidence-based medicine
Background Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has always required integration of patient
values with 'best'clinical evidence. It is widely recognized that scientific practices and …
values with 'best'clinical evidence. It is widely recognized that scientific practices and …
A unified hypothesis for the role of membrane bound enzyme complexes and microtubules in plant cell wall synthesis
IB Heath - Journal of theoretical biology, 1974 - Elsevier
In an attempt to provide a unified hypothesis to account for the various aspects of oriented
cellulose fibril synthesis it is proposed that plasmalemma located cellulose synthetase …
cellulose fibril synthesis it is proposed that plasmalemma located cellulose synthetase …