PTSD Treatment and Large Scale Propranolol Trials
Emily Anthes discusses memory dampening here, including some helpful information about ongoing, large scale trials of propranolol to treat PTSD in those who already have it. Here's an excerpt (footnote omitted): Perhaps, researchers hypothesized, propranolol could weaken emotional memories if... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - July 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
Unstable Angina: Dr. Braunwald asks if it is time for a Requiem
This article prompted some recent Tweets about whether Unstable Angina (UA) still exists in the age of sensitive biomarkers. Don't all ACS rule in by serial trops now? UA certainly does still exist, at least for now, because in the U.S. we do not yet have FDA approval for high sensitivity troponin (hscTnI). And we do not yet know for certain whether hscTnI will abolish UA, or just diminish the number of patients with troponin (-) ACS.Perhaps when we get hs troponin in the U.S. (not yet), it will be exceedingly uncommon, but with the use of contemporary troponin assays, it is an important phenomenon still.Below are so...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - April 11, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Why you should ignore altmetrics and other bibliometric nightmares
Conclusions about bibliometrics
Bibliometricians spend much time correlating one surrogate outcome with another, from which they learn little. What they don’t do is take the time to examine individual papers. Doing that makes it obvious that most metrics, and especially altmetrics, are indeed an ill-conceived and meretricious idea. Universities should know better than to subscribe to them.
Although altmetrics may be the silliest bibliometric idea yet, much this criticism applies equally to all such metrics. Even the most plausible metric, counting citations, is easily shown to be nonsense b...
Source: DC's goodscience - January 16, 2014 Category: Professors and Educators Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Academia altmetrics bibliometrics open access peer review Public relations publishing acupuncture badscience bibliobollocks publication regulation Source Type: blogs
Why you should ignore altmetrics and other bibliometric nightmares
Conclusions about bibliometrics
Bibliometricians spend much time correlating one surrogate outcome with another, from which they learn little. What they don’t do is take the time to examine individual papers. Doing that makes it obvious that most metrics, and especially altmetrics, are indeed an ill-conceived and meretricious idea. Universities should know better than to subscribe to them.
Although altmetrics may be the silliest bibliometric idea yet, much this criticism applies equally to all such metrics. Even the most plausible metric, counting citations, is easily shown to be nonsense b...
Source: DC's goodscience - January 16, 2014 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Academia altmetrics bibliometrics open access peer review Public relations publishing acupuncture badscience bibliobollocks publication regulation Source Type: blogs
Despite Critics Dismissal - Off Label Prescribing May Benefit Patients
Over the past several years, the federal government and law enforcement agencies have increasingly investigated and prosecuted large pharmaceutical and medical device companies for off-label marketing. Various media outlets have covered these settlements and cases and others have even conducted their own investigations (e.g., ProPublica.
Consequently, a recent article from the Pacific Standard, written by Ford Vox, a rehabilitation physician at Shepherd Center, addressed an investigation conducted by The Washington Post that looked into off-label prescribing. Vox, who treats survivors of acquired brain injury and sp...
Source: Policy and Medicine - October 9, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Medical Mispronunciations and Misspelled Words: The Definitive List.
Hearing medical mispronunciations and seeing misspelled words are an under appreciated joy of working in healthcare. Physicians often forget just how alien the language of medicine is to people who don't live it everyday. The best part about being a physician is not helping people recover from critical illness. The best part is not about listening and understanding with compassion and empathy. Nope, the best part about being a physician is hearing patients and other healthcare providers butcher the language of medicine and experiencing great entertainment in the process. Doctors c...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - October 2, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs
Cardiology MCQ Test 4
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Source: Cardiophile MD - July 14, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance ECG Echocardiography Source Type: blogs
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Source: Cardiophile MD - July 14, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
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Source: Cardiophile MD - May 22, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
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Source: Cardiophile MD - May 21, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
