What can we expect if we measure hormones in eumenorrhoeic infertile patients?

Coronary angioplasty--what can we reasonably expect?

tube thoracostomy (chest tube) removal in traumatic patients: what do we know? what can we do?

chest tube (ct) or tube thoracostomy placement is often indicated following traumatic injuries. premature movement of the chest tube leads to increased hospital complications and costs for patients. placement of a chest tube is indicated in drainage of blood, bile, pus, drain air, and other fluids. although there is a general agreement for the placement of a chest tube, there is little consensu...

If we measure a number, we get an interval. What if we measure a function or an operator?

Assume that we measure a physical ~mntity x with a measuring device whose accuracy is ~ (i.e., whose prtniucers guarantee that the difference a: ~ between the actual value :r and the measured value d{ms m~t exceed 5). If the result of this measurement is ~, then Ix~ssible values of a: fiwm an interval [~-~,~+~]. Suppose nnw that we know that a physical qtiantity y is a function of the physical ...

Should We Expect To Feel As If We Understand Consciousness?

We tend to assume that progress in answering the ‘hard question’ of consciousness will be accompanied by a subjective feeling of greater understanding. However, in order to feel we understand how one state of affairs arises from another, we have to deceive ourselves into thinking we have found a type of causal link which in reality may not exist (Rosch, 1994). I draw from and expand upon Rosch’...

What can we expect of health in old age?

730 www.thelancet.com Vol 387 February 20, 2016 The longing for longevity without decrepitude is ancient. Homer tells us that to live out his days with Penelope, Odysseus rejected immortality. Later restored to family and kingdom, the gods’ further favour included being able to look forward to an unenfeebled old age. So how goes our longing now? Around the world, although life expectancy is inc...