Editorial: A distinct pleasure

Ear Candling: A Dangerous Pleasure?

Ear candling is an alternative medicine practice alleged to enhance general health by putting an end of a hollow candle in the ear canal and lighting up the other end of it. It also is advertised for cerumen and debris (bacteria and fungi) removal. Ear candling is claimed to create negative pressure for drawing cerumen from the ear and to benefit the ears in many ways. It is however not free o...

Editorial Comment Distinct Forms of Myocarditis

T he study by Davidoff and colleagues in this issue of Circulation' is helpful because it establishes clinically useful distinctions between two forms of myocarditis. In thinking about etiologies of myocarditis, I find it helpful to consider six categories. The first, viral myocarditis, is caused by ongoing myocardial infection, such as by coxsackievirus B3 or mumps virus. All other infectious ...

A long overdue pleasure

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2012.06.010 Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China *correspondence: [email protected] After a protracted 27-year process of formulation, revision and re-revision by numerous psychiatrists, jurists, government administrators and legislators, the Mental Health Law of the People’s Republic of China was finally pas...

ear candling: a dangerous pleasure?

ear candling is an alternative medicine practice alleged to enhance general health by putting an end of a hollow candle in the ear canal and lighting up the other end of it. it also is advertised for cerumen and debris (bacteria and fungi) removal. ear candling is claimed to create negative pressure for drawing cerumen from the ear and to benefit the ears in many ways. it is however not free of...

Editorial: Music and the Functions of the Brain: Arousal, Emotions, and Pleasure