Radon Treatment Controversy

Radon treatment controversy.

In spite of long traditions, treatments utilizing radon-rich air or water have not been unequivocally embraced by modern medicine. The objective of this work is to examine factors that contribute to this continuing controversy. While the exact mechanism of radon's effect on human body is not completely understood, recent advances in radiobiology offer new insights into biochemical processes occ...

Drug treatment of hyperlipidaemia--a controversy.

TrEATmENT OF STrOkE: Why ThE cONTrOvErSy?

The concept of using t-PA for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke became a reality in the mid-1980s when research began via the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Pilot Studies Program. Indeed, the first patient with acute ischemic stroke treated with t-PA in a clinical trial setting was performed by members of the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Stroke team...

Involuntary outpatient treatment: the data and controversy

Involuntary Outpatient Commitment, also referred to as Assisted Outpatient Treatment or Community Treatment Orders, are controversial civil court procedures whereby judges may order non-adherent mentally ill individuals to comply with treatment. This presentation will summarize the data and controversy about these procedures and put them in the context of the larger debate about the use of coer...

Treatment of cancer with drugs: a controversy.

As radiation oncologists, we were greatly disappointed to read the recent editorial by the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) in this journal entitled ‘Treatment of Cancer with Oral Drugs: A Position Statement by the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology’ [1]. The editorial appears to be a call to grant medical oncologists the exclusive right to prescribe anticancer drugs and to give thes...