For most societies/institutions, this is an honour that is bestowed upon a member of that organisation upon retirement of the incumbent editor, or it is an entirely new appointment for the organisation to bring forth the inaugural issue of the journal. This article is available only as a PDF. Please...

Two months have elapsed since the controversial sacking of George D. Lundberg, the highly esteemed editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). He was summarily dismissed from his post, a position he had held for 17 years, by the Executive Vice-President of AMA, E. Ratcliffe Anderson,...

Hemifacial spasm (HFS), characterized by intermittent twitching of muscles supplied by one facial nerve is commonly due to compression of the facial nerve by blood vessel(s) adjacent to its root exit zone (REZ). The facial nerve REZ refers to the part where facial nerve exits from the pons. This article...

Haematuria of any degree should never be ignored and, in adults, it should be regarded as a symptom of urological malignancy until proven otherwise. Mariani et al, in their evaluation of 1000 consecutive patients, revealed life-threatening lesions in 9.1% of cases. This article is available only as a PDF. Please...

Tracheal tube suctioning is frequently performed in critically ill patients. This procedure often results in dissemination of droplets from the patient’s respiratory tract with potential spread of respiratory tract microorganisms from one patient to another. This article is available only as a PDF. Please click on “Download PDF” on top...