Pulse pressure as a risk factor for cardiovascular events: myth or reality?

Melatonin and cardiovascular disease: myth or reality?

Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez,* Pedro Abreu-Gonzalez, and Russel J. Reiter a Servicio de Cardiologı́a, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Cuesta, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain Departamento de Fisiologı́a, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center a...

Epithelium derived relaxing factor: myth or reality?

Pharmageddon--a myth or reality.

sides of same coin revolving around medicine. Either it was the era of Thalidomide disaster which precipitated horrific congenital anomalies in newborns when used by pregnant mothers for their morning sickness1 or the present concept about Statins that it may work for the prophylaxis of heart ailments in everyone over 40,2 the safety and effectiveness of medicine is a question. Although on one ...

Mesopancreas: myth or reality?

CONTEXT A recently published study hypothesized the concept of 'mesopancreas', defining it as a firm, well-vascularized structure extending from the posterior surface of the pancreatic head to behind the mesenteric vessels. OBJECTIVE To verify and define mesopancreas from resection specimens obtained from fresh cadavers. DESIGN Postmortem anatomical-pathological study. SETTING Department ...

Myth or Reality?

Received July 17, 2012; final revision received September 26, 2012; accepted September 27, 2012. From the Unité Neuro-Vasculaire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cedex, France (V.W.,V.L.,O.R.,M.B.,C.M.); Université de Strasbourg, EA 3072, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg Cedex, France (V.W.,O.R.,B.G.); and Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UMR-7237, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg...