Predictability in Contemporary Medicine

Which oracle to use for tracking a desynchronized heart? A matter of predictability in contemporary medicine

Hypnosis in contemporary medicine.

Hypnosis became popular as a treatment for medical conditions in the late 1700s when effective pharmaceutical and surgical treatment options were limited. To determine whether hypnosis has a role in contemporary medicine, relevant trials and a few case reports are reviewed. Despite substantial variation in techniques among the numerous reports, patients treated with hypnosis experienced substan...

Antitumor effects of flaxseed in Iranian traditional medicine and contemporary medicine; a brief review

Cancers are the result of uncontrollable multiplication of abnormal cells. In order to control progression of cancers, various therapeutic regiments are used that have side effects and are costly. Iranian traditional medicine (ITM) contains comprehensive subjects regarding cancerous tumors. In the present study, the nature and development of cancer from ITM point of view and the effect of flax ...

Psychosomatic Medicine and Contemporary Psychoanalysis

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Dehumanization of contemporary medicine: causes and remedies.

First, the mode of the reductionistic thinking should be mentioned. Contemporary medicine is based on the natural sciences, and in the natural sciences the reductionistic approach is not only very popular but very fruitful as well. This approach consists in the reduction of the studied phenomena to its most elementary level. Thus, psychological phenomena are reduced to the biological level, and...