Evidence is offered to suggest a neurological origin for Paul's ecstatic visions. Paul's physical state at the time of his conversion is discussed and related to these ecstatic experiences. It is postulated that both were manifestations of temporal lobe epilepsy.

Relict woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) populations survived on several small Beringian islands for thousands of years after mainland populations went extinct. Here we present multiproxy paleoenvironmental records to investigate the timing, causes, and consequences of mammoth disappearance from St. Paul Island, Alaska. Five independent indicators of extinction show that mammoths survived ...

Robert Bechara1*, Paul Kortan2, Gabor Kandel2, Gary May2, Ingrid Schwartz2, Norman Marcon2 1Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Unit, Queen University Kingston General Hospital, 76 Stuart St. Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 2V7 2Division of Gastroenterology, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond St Toronto, ON M5B 1W8 Journal of Gastroenterology, Pancreatology & Liver Disorders Op...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been known to be the cause of transient ischemic attacks or stroke, and transcatheter device closure has been the treatment of choice for these defects. Combined defect of abnormal drainage of left superior vena cava (LSVC) to left superior pulmonary vein (LSPV) in PFO patients is an uncommon combination, and both can act as a pathway for paradoxical embolism. We ...