Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) remains an important treatment option for the management of
upper urinary tract stones. The optimisation of certain technical principles can help to …

Deception can be achieved by a wide variety of methods. In the most recent primary election
season, observers identified twelve distinct deceptive techniques deployed in political …

Many oppose the use of profile evidence against defendants at trial, even when the statistical
correlations are reliable and the jury is free from prejudice. The literature has struggled to …

A standard observation about trust is that it can be betrayed (Baier 1986). What philosophers
usually mean by this is that trust disposes us to feel betrayed by someone’s failure to do as …

Introduction: Calyceal diverticula (CD) are traditionally diagnosed by contrast studies.
However, non-contrast CT is the standard imaging modality for kidney stones. Therefore, we …

Informed consent is a basic ethical and legal requirement for human subjects research. The
US federal regulations governing research on human subjects stipulate general …

Do pharmaceutical companies have a moral obligation to expand access to investigational
drugs to patients outside the clinical trial? One reason for thinking they do not is that …

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare pulmonary disease affecting women of childbearing
age. Whilst chylothorax is a well‐recognized complication of the condition, management …

Background Procedural aspects and complications of gastrojejunostomy insertion are important
considerations in the use of levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel therapy (LCIG) and may …

Background: Increasingly interventional radiology has been used to stop uncontrolled
gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding leading to a reduction in the requirement for surgical intervention. To …