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This is discussion forum for physicians, researchers, and other healthcare professionals interested in the epistemology of medical knowledge, the limitations of the evidence, how clinical trials evidence is generated, disseminated, and incorporated into clinical practice, how the evidence should optimally be incorporated into practice, and what the value of the evidence is to science, individual patients, and society.

Showing posts with label Cholesterol hypothesis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cholesterol hypothesis. Show all posts
Monday, May 2, 2016

Hope: The Mother of Bias in Research

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I realized the other day that underlying every slanted report or overly-optimistic interpretation of a trial's results, every contorted...
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Monday, February 10, 2014

Brief Updates on Hypothermia, Hyperglycemia, Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Lowering in Stroke and Testosterone

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I've read a lot of interesting articles recently, but none that are sufficient fodder for a dedicated post.  So here I will update so...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

The Cardiologist Giveth, then the Cardiologist Taketh Away: Revision of the Cholesterol Guidelines

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There has been quite a stir this week with the publication of the newest revision of the ACC/AHA guidelines for the treatment of cholestero...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

The Cholesterol Hypothesis on the Beam: Dalcetrapib, PCSK9 inhibitors, and "off-target" effects of statins

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The last month has witnessed the publication of three lines of research that could tip the balance of the evidence for the cholesterol ...
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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Luck that Looks Like Logic? Statins (Rosuvastatin), the Cholesterol Hypothesis, and Causal Pathways

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The Cholesterol Hypothesis (CH), namely that the association between elevated cholesterol (LDL) and cardiovascular disease and events is a C...
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Professor of Medicine, University of Utah. Former affiliations: Outside Hospital x 7.5 years; Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University; Fellowship & MPH: Johns Hopkins Hospital & Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; Residency: The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center; MD: The Ohio State University; BA, Spanish: Miami University, Ohio. All views are my own with NO institutional endorsement.
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