Holocene bond cycles: Real or imaginary?

[Bird flu: a real or imaginary threat?].

The therapeutic value of cannabinoids in MS: real or imaginary?

Emergency psychiatric condition, mental illness behavior and lunar cycles: is there a real or an imaginary association?

UNLABELLED There is a fairly widespread belief regarding the influence of the moon phases on the psychological behavior in humans. This relationship could be more pronounced among patients with mental disorders. OBJECTIVE To study the possible association between the incidence of psychiatric emergencies and moon phases and between the behaviors of psychiatric patients and moon phases. METHO...

Advances in electronic fetal monitors--real or imaginary.

Changes in the technologies used in the latest generation of electronic fetal monitors has resulted generally in an improvement in the quality of the FHR data produced. However, in a number of instruments the use of inappropriate printers and signal processing has led to a degradation in the FHR trace. This may result in difficulties in interpretation of the data thereby putting the compromised...

Gastrointestinal Neoplasia Associated with Bowel Parasitosis: Real or Imaginary?

Several parasitic species are well known to have carcinogenic properties, namely; Schistosoma hematobium (squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder) and the liver flukes Opisthorchis and Chlonorchis (cholangiocarcinoma). A large number of parasites are known to colonize the gastrointestinal tract. We sought to review the evidence that implicates these parasites in gastrointestinal neoplasia. Schis...