The reporting of “medical news” has become an important part of the barrage of information available in print, in electronic media, and, of course, in the 4 billion or so sites on a Google search for health-related topics. My own brush with this phenomenon came about through co-writing an editorial1 on one of the most pedestrian issues that one can imagine: How much water should one consume eac...

One important determinant of the speed and success of transition will be the efficiency of transformation and development of the infrastructure sectors. A great deal of attention has been paid to issues such as privatisation, restructuring, user prices, and terms of access in these sectors, regarding both developed and developing countries. Some issues regarding vertical restructuring are notab...

One important determinant of the speed and success of transition will be the efficiency of transformation and development of the infrastructure sectors. A great deal of attention has been paid to issues such as privatisation, restructuring, user prices, and terms of access in these sectors, regarding both developed and developing countries. Some issues regarding vertical restructuring are notab...

A 3-year-old boy who had been exposed for at least 15 hours in an air temperature of approximately 0°C, was found to have a rectal temperature of 17°C about 20 minutes after he arrived at the hospital. He was rewarmed to 34°C in a bath of water at a temperature of 37-38°C during a period of 2 hours 15 minutes. He was also given large amounts of intravenous bicarbonate at the same time. Complica...

While pulsed field ablation (PFA) has emerged as a novel energy modality for of atrial arrhythmias and is accompanied by theoretically safer profile given its tissue selectivity sparing collateral structures, recent study highlighted the occurrence subtotal coronary vasospasm during fibrillation (AF) on cavo-tricuspid isthmus with PFA. these observations were subclinical, there at least one cas...

This study aim was to evaluate the influence of 37% hydrochloric acid (37% HCl) treatment cobalt-chromium (Co-Cr) alloys on metal-ceramic bond strength (MCBS). The specimens were sandblasted with 100-µm aluminum oxide particles and divided into four groups (n = 10) according surface performed: control (C) - no treated HCl for different times: 10 minutes (T1), 20 (T2) 30 (T3). samples submitted ...