Hypersexuality is a psychopathological alteration frequently associated with various psychiatric and neurological symptoms.1,2 It sometimes becomes the main symptom that the patient presents, consequently acquiring the level of mental disorder. We present the case of a 16-year-old female adolescent referred to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre in Mataró for assessment for sexual pro...

1,3-Dimethylamylamine (DMAA) is a pressor amine often found in food supplements for athletes at dosages of 25-65 mg. Historically, the compound has been used as a nasal decongestant but its oral application is largely unstudied leaving the regulatory status of such food supplements as unlicensed medicines undetermined. We therefore reviewed the literature on DMAA and similar amines in order to ...

Scientific theories tell us something about the material world. They are means by which we can both explain and predict aspects of reality. They are not the only form of explanation: myth, story telling and religion also explain things, but with more limited predictive power. A theory which makes no predictions is never scientific, whilst one whose predictions have now been invalidated has forf...

In this article we propose a strategy for the summarization of scientific articles that concentrates on the rhetorical status of statements in an article: Material for summaries is selected in such a way that summaries can highlight the new contribution of the source article and situate it with respect to earlier work. We provide a gold standard for summaries of this kind consisting of a substa...