Although too few patients were treated on this study to comment on efficacy, the one partial response and 10 patients with stable disease was encouraging.
This systematic review aimed to: collate all ACT interventions with chronic disease/long-term conditions, evaluate their quality, and comment on efficacy.
I recently discussed this with Dr Peter Wilmshurst, the eminent cardiologist who is being sued for libel for commenting on the efficacy of a new heart device.
Tuesday's electoral returns may have been a referendum on Obama's leadership, but they also commented on the efficacy of the obstruction and recalcitrance that has attended his time in office nearly since his swearing in.
"We have over 70 million patient-years of experience worldwide, so we're able to comment on our efficacy and safety profile with confidence," said Dr. Gary Palmer, a vice president with the cardiovascular medical group at Pfizer, which makes Lipitor.
President Obama, speaking ahead of the expected release of a Senate report that criticises the CIA's treatment of captives, steered clear of commenting on the efficacy of torture.
The research is so minimal and inconclusive that doctors at the Sports Medicine Center at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota refused to comment on the efficacy of topical analgesics, saying in an e-mail message, "There is no science to either support or refute the effectiveness" of the products.
However, further pharmacokinetic studies are necessary to comment on the efficacy of the compound as a drug for AD.
Improved assessment of habitual PA would permit; appropriate cross-sectional comparisons to biomarkers of metabolic health allow researchers to comment on the efficacy of behaviour change interventions and potentially inform PA guidelines [4].
It is important to highlight that this study is not providing any comment on the efficacy or safety of CAM or on the quality of CAM research, but rather on the media portrayal of CAM.
