Regulatory science: Regulation is too important to leave it to the regulators

Is it too late to treat me?

We present the case of a 76-year-old Caucasian man with a type 1 endoleak at the proximal edge of a thoracic stentgraft (Talent 38 mm × 114 mm) detected four years after endovascular treatment of a large symptomatic saccular aneurysm in the distal aortic arch. The patient refused any interventional treatment for the endoleak and remained on medical therapy with no evolving symptoms. Surveillanc...

Location, Location, Location . . . It Is Important in Pancreatitis, Too

he phrase “location, location, location” has been Tused in the real estate business for more than 90 years to convey the overriding importance of location in determining value, function, and opportunity. It now may be important in how we approach pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is a painful and often debilitating disease for which there are no specific or effective treatments. Although patient morta...

Why the Car-Parrinello Method is too good to leave to the Electronic Structure Theorists

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Why Is It Important to Treat Spasticity?

J Rehabil Med Suppl 41, 2003 DOI 10.1080/16501960310010160 This review of the long-term management of spasticity addresses some of the clinical dilemmas in the management of patients with chronic disability. As it is important for clinicians to have clear objectives in patient treatment, the available treatment strategies are set out. Why is it important to treat spastic patients and what treat...