901-66 Vitamin E for Coronary Heart Disease: What is at Stake?

Is Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction Associated With with Coronary Heart Disease?

Introduction: Previous cohort studies reported contradictory data on the association between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and coronary heart disease (CHD). Regarding this, the present study was conducted to illuminate this relationship. Materials and Methods: For the purpose of the study, 3,066 participants employed in a study conducted by Azizi et al. aged ≥ 20 years were subjected to thyro...

Vitamin E and coronary heart disease in Tunisians.

BACKGROUND Vitamin E (VE) is thought to be effective in preventing atherosclerosis. However, to date no consistent relationship has been identified between VE and coronary heart disease (CHD). This study was designed to assess the degree of association between VE and CHD in a sample of the Tunisian population. METHODS Sixty-two angiographically confirmed coronary atherosclerotic patients and ...

What is at stake in the debate on value

New Lanark is one of the big tourist attractions in the south of Scotland. Designated a world heritage site by the UN it is an almost perfectly preserved model industrial village run by Robert Owen two hundred years ago. It has a large and elegant school building, an ’Institute for the Formation of Character’, workers houses and the original mills. An exhibition and theme ride puts accross some...

Beyond cholesterol reduction in coronary heart disease: is vitamin E the answer?

What Is at Stake in the Debate on Nonconceptual Content?

It is now 25 years since Gareth Evans introduced the distinction between conceptual and nonconceptual content in The Varieties of Reference. This is a fitting time to take stock of what has become a complex and extended debate both within philosophy and at the interface between philosophy and psychology. Unfortunately, the debate has become increasingly murky as it has become increasingly ramif...