Why should our science accept the fact that we have a quantum computer in our subconscious

Why do we have Purkinje fibers deep in our heart?

Purkinje fibers were the first discovered component of the cardiac conduction system. Originally described in sheep in 1839 as pale subendocardial cells, they were found to be present, although with different morphology, in all mammalian and avian hearts. Here we review differences in their appearance and extent in different species, summarize the current state of knowledge of their function, a...

Why Should We Have a Periodic Safety and Performance Program for Medical Devices

Nowadays, more than 10,000 different types of medical devices can be found in hospitals.These devices used in medical centers and hospitals for monitoring and treatment of patients require periodic safety and performance checking in order to have confidence in their functioning and operation. Physicians need better accurate medical measurements in order to better diagnose diseases, monitor pati...

Efaproxiral: should we hold our breath?

Suh et al breathe a bit of new life into two long-standing endeavors with their report in this issue of a phase III study of whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) and efaproxiral (RSR13), a hemoglobin modifier meant to increase tissue oxygenation. For decades, radiation oncologists have sought to enhance tumor control and patient survival by addressing the problem of hypoxia and, separately, to impro...

What have we learnt from our mistakes?

The authors discuss the general steps involved in good decision making and use those steps to organize results from behavioral decision research, illustrating some of the challenges in making important choices. Framing effects, self serving biases, and context effects are a few of the errors and biases presented. The authors also discuss a variety of techniques for reducing biases and errors. T...

Complementary Strategies : Why we use our hands when we think