Diabetic cardiomyopathy: a controversial entity: reply

Diabetic cardiomyopathy: a controversial entity: reply

We are most grateful to Dr Karamitsos et al. for showing such an avid interest in our paper. Upon its submission, we were acutely aware that we might well shake things up, as prior to confronting the actual study results we also used to support the notion of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DC). By way of addressing some of Dr Karamitsos’s queries, let me point out that our results were clearly owed to...

Diabetic Cardiomyopathy- a Distinct Clinical Entity?

Migralepsy; a controversial entity.

The term migralepsy was used for the first time in 1960 to describe a case of ophthalmic migraine followed by typical symptoms of epileptic seizure. 1 But it is not until 2004 that migraine-triggered epilepsy or migralepsy was included (under point 1.5.5) in the 2nd edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHDII) 2 where it is defined as an epileptic seizure occurring...

Carotidynia: new aspects of a controversial entity

Idiopathic carotidynia or Fay syndrome is a little known pathology, which in the past was the subject of much controversy. Even though carotydinia was removed as a pathological entity from the second International Headache Society classification in 2004, recent reports seem to confirm that the disease demonstrates unusual radiological findings. The presence of a typical amorphous enhancing soft...

Euthanasia: A Controversial Entity Among Students of Karachi

Background A serene death may be achieved through skilled and compassionate care, as well as by the dying person's own sense of having lived a righteous life. The purpose of this study is to acquire information about students' knowledge and understanding of euthanasia. Materials and Methods Four hundred and fifty-six students from four classes of two institutions with similar demographic charac...