Bandolier

Bandolier is a journal focusing on evidence-based health, healthcare, and medicine.
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Recently added articles from Bandolier:

On limitations.
Jul 01, 2007 ... The thing about looking at evidence of any sort is that there are likely to be limitations to it. Trials may not be properly conducted, measure outcomes that are not useful, be conducted on patients not like ours, or present results in ways that we can easily comprehend; trials may have ...
Surfactant for acute respiratory failure in children.
Jul 01, 2007 ... The use of exogenous pulmonary surfactant in the respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn is known to reduce mortality by almost half, as well as having other benefits. The use of surfactant in that setting is well understood, and forms part of several guidelines. The ...
Coenzyme Q10 and migraine.
Jul 01, 2007 ... Coenzyme Q10 has been like an old but embarrassing friend to Bandolier. Over the years, many readers have asked for an appreciation of the evidence relating to all the wonderful health-giving properties it supposedly has. Ever obedient, Bandolier scurries off to look for this evidence, but ...
Coenzyme Q10 and statin myopathy.
Jul 01, 2007 ... For some time there has been a view that the muscle pains associated with statins may be reversed by taking coenzyme Q10. The argument is that statins inhibit the biosynthesis of both cholesterol and ubiquinone (fancy name for coenzyme Q10), with resultant lowering of cholesterol and ...
Coenzyme Q10 in hypertension.
Jul 01, 2007 ... Coenzyme Q10 is one of those universal food supplements that is recommended for just about every ailment, without much, if anything, in the way of evidence. For hypertension, though, there is a small amount of evidence, and a systematic review [1] pulls the results together. ...
Gout and drinking.
Jul 01, 2007 ... People with gout, and their carers, tend to the obsessive when it comes to food, and especially drinking; alcohol and coffee are often banned completely. All of which makes for a bland existence, which is why a frequently asked question is what gout sufferers can drink without exacerbating ...

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