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For most of human history, diseases preying upon the nervous system could only be identified indirectly through neurological signs—making the neurology clinician's examination the principal diagnostic tool.
It was time for Dr. Musavi to convey the sad news. With her health rapidly declining, his patient, Mrs. Ozra, had less than two weeks to live. Summoning the family together, he encouraged them to make arrangements. Although it was obvious to the clinician, this news came as a surprise to the family. Ezra’s oldest son, Arman, had been living in exile for the last 20 years, and it would be hard for him to return to say goodbye.
Concomitant administration of the COVID-19 vaccine booster and the seasonal influenza vaccine could support uptake of both vaccines, augmenting protection against these preventable infectious diseases with potential implications for racial and ethnic disparities in vaccination rates.1 Vaccine coadministration could also introduce efficiencies in currently overburdened health care settings.
Description The power of placebos to ameliorate symptoms has been with us for centuries. Western medicine today is finding it increasingly difficult to ignore the efficacy of placebos. In some clinical trials with placebos as controls, inert or sham replicas of active pharmaceutical drugs and even sham surgeries have been found to be as beneficial as the intervention being tested.
PharmacogenomicsVol. 20, No. 7 Special Report Kathryn T Hall, Joseph Loscalzo & Ted J Kaptchuk Abstract Disease, drugs and the placebos used as comparators are inextricably linked in the methodology of the double-blind, randomized controlled trial.
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