Statin therapy to reduce progression of aortic stenosis
This has been the subject of controversy for several years. The latest systematic review is not promising.
How much basic science do you need to learn in order to be a doctor?
I’m revisiting this topic, which I blogged about a few weeks ago, because it has surfaced again with this post by DB as the jumping off point. It has led to an interesting discussion, so I’ll dive in. Again. Some of the discussion on this topic has centered around whether students need to take organic [...]
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Update on chronic tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy
Chronic tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy was one of the first topics I blogged about in 2005. In that post I linked to an important review in the American Journal of Medicine. Since then more experience has accumulated, which is nicely summarized in this new review. Free full text.
World Heritage List
The ACEI conference got underway this morning with a provacative talk from the wildly prolific Bruno Frey of Zurich, who spoke about UNESCO’s World Heritage List. You can download a version of the talk, co-written with Lasse Steiner, here. Questions that arose: What can we say about the dominance of Europe in the list? Does [...]
