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Global Diversification in Medicine Regulation: Insights from Regenerative Stem Cell Medicine
(Routledge, 2018-12)
Medicine regulation worldwide has undergone a process of regulatory diversification. The evidence-based medicine (EBM) paradigm, centered on multi-phase randomized controlled trials, is increasingly contested and replaced ...
A systematic review on COVID-19 pandemic with special emphasis on curative potentials of Nigeria based medicinal plants
(Elsevier, 2020-09-01)
Despite the frightening mortality rate associated with COVID-19, there is no known approved drug to effectively combat the pandemic. COVID-19 clinical manifestations include fever, fatigue, cough, shortness of breath, and ...
Using evidence-based psychotherapy to tailor treatment for patients with functional neurological disorders
(Elsevier, 2021-01)
Functional neurological disorder (FND) frequently presents with comorbid psychopathology (e.g., anxiety, depressive, post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), somatic symptom and pain syndromes, and dissociative and personality ...
State-of-the-art Pharmacotherapy for Autonomic Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease
(Informa Healthcare, 2020-03)
Introduction: Autonomic dysfunction is one of the most frequent and disabling non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD). It includes, among others, orthostatic hypotension (OH), sialorrhea, constipation, erectile ...
Learning from scientific disagreementAprendiendo del desacuerdo científico
(Universidad del País Vasco, 2021-04)
The article addresses the question of how should scientific peers revise their beliefs (if at all) upon recognized disagreement. After presenting the basics of peer disagreement in sections 1 and 2, we focus, in section ...
The ethics of innovation for Alzheimer’s disease: the risk of overstating evidence for metabolic enhancement protocols
(Springer, 2021-01)
Medical practice is ideally based on robust, relevant research. However, the lack of disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer’s disease has motivated “innovative practice” to improve patients’ well-being despite insufficient ...