Remembering more than meets the eye: a study of memory confusions about incomplete visual information.

The purpose of this series of four experiments was to examine the possible role of spontaneous imagery in memory confusions about the way in which visual information had been experienced. After viewing pictures of familiar objects, complete or incomplete in visual form, participants were asked to remember the way in which the objects had been presented. Although, as predicted, memory for the objects themselves was quite good, participants falsely remembered seeing complete versions of pictures that were actually presented as incomplete.

Efficacy of selected treatments of HIV wasting: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: To assess the efficacy of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH), testosterone, and anabolic steroids in the treatment of HIV wasting.

Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies published in English since 1996 was conducted. Studies of anabolic steroids, testosterone, and rhGH in treatment of HIV wasting reporting the efficacy outcomes of body composition measures, work output, or health-related quality of life (QoL) were eligible.

A systematic review of the economic burden of chronic angina.

Background: Chronic angina carries an economic burden because of symptom management, the risk of major cardiovascular events, and lost productivity. The level of these costs has not been systematically quantified.

Objective: This study sought to assemble best evidence on the economic burden of chronic angina, including both the direct costs of healthcare and the indirect costs of lost productivity.

The effect of anemia treatment on selected health-related quality-of-life domains: a systematic review.

Background: Anemia is a reduction in the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells that results in a variety of symptoms, including dyspnea, headaches, light-headedness, and fatigue. Although anemia has been associated with reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL), its treatment has not yet been consistently shown to improve HRQoL.

Objective: This systematic review of the literature was conducted to determine whether the treatment of anemia improves HRQoL domains, regardless of the type of underlying disease.