Dogma or debate?

Subluxation: dogma or science?

Subluxation syndrome is a legitimate, potentially testable, theoretical construct for which there is little experimental evidence. Acceptable as hypothesis, the widespread assertion of the clinical meaningfulness of this notion brings ridicule from the scientific and health care communities and confusion within the chiropractic profession. We believe that an evidence-orientation among chiroprac...

Data and Dogma: The Great Indian Poverty Debate

What happened to poverty in India in the 1990s has been fiercely debated, both politically and statistically. The debate has run parallel to the wider debate about globalization and poverty in the 1990s and is also an important part of that debate. The economic reforms of the early 1990s in India were followed by rates of economic growth that were high by historical standards. The effects on po...

Fetopathologic examination for early termination of pregnancy: dogma or necessity?

OBJECTIVE Our objective was assessment of fetopathological examination after termination of pregnancy (TOP) for fetal anomalies with normal karyotype <17 weeks of gestation. STUDY DESIGN This was a multicenter retrospective study. Records of TOP for fetal anomalies with normal karyotype were analyzed. Primary outcomes were modifications of genetic counseling and management of next subsequent ...

Hanging in the balance: health, dogma, and the debate over malpractice reform.

Extracorporeal Photopheresis: Tolerogenic or Immunogenic Cell Death? Beyond Current Dogma

Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) is an autologous cell therapy that is widely used for the treatment of T cell-mediated diseases. ECP has been FDA-approved for the treatment of cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL) and has shown potent clinical benefits in various other (noncancer) T cell-mediated diseases, such as graft versus host disease (GvHD), allograft rejection, as well as in autoimmune dis...