Transplant Osteonecrosis: Can it Be Due to Uremic Neuropathy?

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Due to Sirolimus in a Heart Transplant

1. Concha M, Casares J, Ross DN, González-Lavín L, Franco M, Mesa D, et al. Reemplazamiento valvular aórtico con autoinjerto pulmonar (operación de Ross), en pacientes adultos y pediátricos. Estudio preliminar. Rev Esp Cardiol. 1999;52:113-20. 2. Rus C, Mesa D, Concha M, Casares J, Suárez de Lezo J, Delgado M, et al. Resultados a corto plazo en la técnica de Ross. ¿Influye la etiología de la va...

The meaning of "socialization of health" to Iranian policymakers and how it can be implemented

Complex nature of health and disease, the impact of various socioeconomic factors on the health system arrangements and health of the society, and also the impact of health on the social and economic conditions of the society require a social approach to health. This necessity has led to the creation of new policies and programs, under the name of socialization of health, to strengthen the soci...

It can be smart to be dumb

An important problem in game theory is why bounded rationality occurs, e.g., why altruism to non-kin occurs. Previous explanations involved computational limitations of the players, repeated play among the players etc. As an alternative, we introduce a pre-play step in which each player i chooses a “persona”, i.e., a ficticious utility function she commits to use in the game. By adopting differ...

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

Can it be a good thing to be deaf?

Increasingly, Deaf activists claim that it can be good to be Deaf. Still, much of the hearing world remains unconvinced, and continues to think of deafness in negative terms. I examine this debate and argue that to determine whether it can be good to be deaf it is necessary to examine each claimed advantage or disadvantage of being deaf, and then to make an overall judgment regarding the net co...