Attitudes to questioning in clinical practice may be changed

“Not Everything That Is Faced Can Be Changed, but Nothing Can Be Changed Until It Is Faced”: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Gastric cancer: a reality to be changed.

I read with special interest the article by TorresRoman and Grados-Sanchez about “Gastric cancer in Peru, a reality that has to change” (1). They highlighted that up to 80% of cases are detected when the serosa and muscle layers of the stomach are affected; and cigarette smoking, diets rich in salt, smoked foods, sedentary lifestyle and obesity, and Helicobacter pylori infection as major associ...

AdipoRon may be benefit for atherosclerosis prevention

Atherosclerosis has serious role in coronary arteries disease,so it is important to establish effective strategies for prevention or even treatment of atherosclerosis. Adiponectin, as one of the most abundant adipokines, has insulin sensitivity, anti-inflammatory and anti-atherogenic properties. Disturbed adiponectin actions through its receptor, (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2) may be involved in atheros...

Sympathetic skin response. Glabella stimulation may be more useful than peripheral nerve stimulation in clinical practice.

The aim is to verify whether glabella electrical stimulation evokes sympathetic skin responses (SSR) without inter-side differences in latency and area of the responses and is more useful in mononeuropathies than peripheral nerve stimulation. SSRs were recorded in 25 healthy subjects from right palm, third (M3SSR) and fifth fingers and contralateral third finger. The inter-side differences of g...

Questioning our principles: anthropological contributions to ethical dilemmas in clinical practice.

This paper presents an analysis of the applicability of a principalist approach for a global, or cross-cultural, bioethics. We focus especially on the principle of individual autonomy, a core value in ethical discourse. We echo some long-standing criticisms of other anthropologists, sociologists, and many medical ethicists, that the individualistic approach to autonomy is a Euro-American value ...