Correcting the Cold Foot

Correcting the “self-correcting” mythos of science

In standard characterizations, science is self-correcting. Scientists examine each other’s work skeptically, try to replicate important discoveries, and thereby expose latent errors. Thus, while science is tentative, it also seems to have a system for correcting whatever mistakes arise. It powerfully explains and justifies the authority of science. Self-correction thus often serves emblematical...

Immersing the foot in painfully-cold water evokes ipsilateral extracranial vasodilatation.

Temporal pulse amplitude was recorded bilaterally in 56 participants before, during and after three ice-water immersions of the foot. Half of the participants were told that prolonged exposure to freezing temperatures could cause frostbite. Increases in pulse amplitude were greater in the ipsilateral than contralateral temple during and after the three foot-immersions. Although pulse amplitude ...

Correcting the scientific record.

This month we are publishing a retraction of a paper by Won et al. entitled “Small molecule–based reversible reprogramming of cellular lifespan.” The Letter, which appeared in our July 2006 issue (Nat. Chem. Biol. 2, 369–374, 2006), described the discovery by high-throughput screening of CGK733, a small molecule that was reported to modulate the ‘senescence clock’ in human cells. In the paper, ...

Correcting the hemophilic imbalance.

Does correcting position and increasing sensorial input of the foot and ankle with Kinesio Taping improve balance in stroke patients?

BACKGROUND We thought that the application of Kinesio Tape (KT) on the foot and ankle in stroke patients may improve the quality of somatosensory information and may activate ankle muscles which have an important role in postural control and that ultimately balance could be improved in stroke patients. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of KT on balance in stroke ...