The Remedy

The Expectation Remedy Revisited

When Pretending Is the Remedy

Skeptical, Benjamin Franklin and French chemist Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier simulated one of Mesmer’s typical sessions in 1784. They asked people suffering from ailments ranging from asthma to epilepsy to hug “magnetized” trees. The people swooned and shook, as expected. But then the researchers divulged that the trees were never magnetized. And everyone realized that something else was inducing ...

Lest the Remedy Aggravate the Malady

While the contribution of psychopharmacological agents in controlling the disturbing symptoms of many psychiatric disorders and in improving the quality of life of the persons suffering from the disorders cannot be disputed, it is also true that these agents, as in the case of drugs used in the treatment of any other group of disorders, may also produce uncomfortable and at times even dangerous...

Exhibition of New Remedy

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Is thrombus aspiration the appropriate "remedy"?

1. Jo SH, Youn TJ, Koo BK, et al. Renal toxicity evaluation and comparison between Visipaque (iodixanol) and Hexabrix (ioxaglate) in patients with renal insufficiency undergoing coronary angiography: the RECOVER study: a randomized controlled trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;48:924–30. 2. Jo SH, Youn TJ, Park JS, et al. Iodixanol is less nephrotoxic than ioxaglate in patients with renal insufficie...