This is pain

What is this thing called pain?

To paraphrase Cole Porter's famous 1926 song, "What is this thing called pain? This funny thing called pain, just who can solve its mystery?" Pain, like love, is all consuming: when you have it, not much else matters, and there is nothing you can do about it. Unlike love, however, we are actually beginning to tease apart the mystery of pain. The substantial progress made over the last decade in...

This is dedicated to our former chairman Dr. Mahmoud Rohani

Is this reaction caused by this drug?

The case report on cotrimoxazole-induced pancreatitis by Versleijen et al. deals with the assessment of the probability that cotrimoxazole induced the acute pancreatitis: a causality assessment. In this editorial, we comment on this assessment from a clinical, pharmacological and epidemiological perspective. Moreover, the consequences of the results of the assessment are discussed.

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1. The network topology is characterized in the language of graph theory (e.g. tree, 0-chain, 1-chain) [1] [2]. By this means, the set of steady-state fluxes can be parameterized explicitly. 2. A particular steady-state solution is selected. This steady-state solution is used to generate a nominal, stationary routing algorithm for the stochastic flow problem. 3. However, to ensure the network o...

This Is Stevie's Story

attempt to eliminate self-pity and sentimentality, and with an unusual degree of insight and frankness. The advice given on ways of dealing with the problems which have to be faced and the attitudes which make it more possible to face them fairly and squarely, should be found of value, not only to parents but to social workers also?particularly in connection with the pros and cons ot institutio...