Did contrast nephropathy in rappid really occur? reply

Is Nebivolol Really Effective in Preventing Contrast Induced Nephropathy?

BACKGROUND/AIMS Contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) has multifactorial etiopatogenesis including oxidative stress and vasoconstriction. Nebivolol is an antioxidant and has vasodilatatory effect via NO release and may prevent CIN development. We have noticed that a few number of studies that have evaluated the effectiveness of nebivolol for the prevention of CIN used serum creatinine (sCr) levels...

Did parkinsonism occur before 1817?

Penis captivus--did it occur?

The symptom of penis captivus during sexual intercourse has had a largely hearsay existence in medical history, and rumour has embellished the drama of its occurrence. It is not entirely mythical, however. It seems to have been a symptom of great rarity in former times and to have vanished perhaps completely in this century.

Does Reconsolidation Occur in Humans: A Reply

Schiller and Phelps (2011) have provided a thoughtful and comprehensive review in the May issue of Frontiers in Behavioral Neurosciences entitled, “Does reconsolidation occur in humans?” This scholarly paper captures many of the challenges in translating the animal research on reconsolidation to humans. We agree with their main argument that there is little published evidence in humans that mee...

Did Brouwer Really Believe That?

This article is a commentary on remarks made in a recent book [12] that perpetuate several myths about Brouwer and intuitionism. The footnote on page 279 of [12] is an unfortunate, historically and factually inaccurate, blemish on an otherwise remarkable book. In that footnote, in which Ok discusses Brouwer (who, incidentally, was normally known not as “Jan” but as “Bertus”, a shortening of his...