Less than a human condition?

Less than a human condition? Menos que a condição humana?

The article written by Dr. Fátima Cavalcante and Dr. Edward Goldson brings a rich and unique discussion , I believe not yet encountered academically in terms of an objective analysis considering the complex level the authors presented. Reading the text and knowing the authors I am convinced that it was not just academic interest that led them to the understanding of the relationship between pov...

Less Than Perfect Procedure

G iven the high prevalence of coronary artery disease in Western countries, selection of the optimal therapeutic strategy for individual cardiac patients has become an issue of utmost costbenefit importance. During the past two decades, large clinical trials have established the respective roles of medical treatment versus coronary artery bypass surgery in the management of patients with corona...

Less than a minute or two.

The American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association have jointly produced clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases since 1980. Writing committees are charged with assessing the evidence as an independent group of authors and with developing, updating, or revising recommendations for clinical practice. Practice guidelines ar...

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Sarcopenia: describing rather than defining a condition

BACKGROUND Traditional definitions of sarcopenia have described an aging-associated disorder roughly defined as muscle mass two standard deviations below the young adult demographic. In an effort to clear the ambiguity pertaining to such descriptions, two international bodies have put forth working definitions of sarcopenia, namely The Society of Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders in 20...