Cannabis: Does it have a medicinal value?

Private Practice—Does It Have a Place?

The National Health Service and the private sector should be complementary; each needs the other. It is highly improbable that the Health Service will be privatised; much more likely that private practice will be publicised by bringing it within the National Health Service. This article discusses the size and growth of the private sector, looks at cost containment and quality and examines the p...

Cold Fusion — Does It Have a Future ?

The case against the reality of cold fusion is outlined. It is based on preconceptions inherited from experience with hot fusion. That cold fusion refers to a different regime is emphasized. The new regime is characterized by intermittency in the production of excess heat, tritium and neutrons. A scenario is sketched, based upon the hypothesis that small segments of the lattice can absorb relea...

[Contrast echocardiography. Does it have a future?].

In the past thirty years echocardiography has revolutionized cardiologic investigation. The non-invasive access to anatomy, physiology, and heart diseases has become increasingly broader. Since the introduction of the M-mode technique and, progressively, of twodimensional echocardiography, Doppler, color flow mapping, transesophageal echocardiogram, and use of physical or pharmacologic stress, ...

Cannabis and Medicinal Properties.

Planned Versus Unplanned Extubation in Opioid Overdose Patients: Does it have any effect on the prognosis? A cohort study

Background: Tracheal intubation is a life-saving measure in patients poisoned acutely with opioid, and when naloxone treatment is inadequate. This study determined the risk factors for early unplanned extubation in these patients and evaluated the effects on the clinical outcomes. Methods: At a poisoning center in Tehran, Iran, 165 opioid overdose patients who were admitted to the intensive ca...