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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 PCSK9 inhibitors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PCSK9 inhibitors. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Tipping the Scales of Noninferiority: Abbott's "Emboshield and Xact Carotid Stent System"

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I just stumbled across this and think it's worth musing over it a bit.  The recently published ACT I trial by Rosenfield et al  is a ...
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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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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