This calculation gives the number of patients who must receive medication before we expect to see one harmful case of adverse effects.
(Of course, this doesn't apply to non-harmful cases of killing, such as, arguably, some cases of active euthanasia).
Available evidence from studies in humans evokes the impression that lipid peroxidation is a harmful event ubiquitously accompanying all cases of systemic inflammation and sepsis to such an extent that circulating MDA may be conceived of as a biomarker of unfavorable prognosis [ 4- 6].
One particularly controversial class of actions which some theorists believe are evil and yet not harmful are cases of sadistic voyeurism (Calder 2002, 56; Garrard 2002, 327).
While these actions have spurred immense political debate, grassroots supporters and detractors and Sunday talk show fodder, it has also fueled harmful court cases and led Republicans to clog the pipeline of legislation in an already inactive Congress.
The anti-inflammatory potential of Pentaglobin® may not show clear benefits, or may even be harmful, in cases or at disease stages in which proinflammatory forces are not dominant.
Future epidemiologic studies should include assessments of the synergies among endocrine disruptors, thyroid function, and child neurodevelopment to help better understand these complex interactions and identify OC-mediated effects that may be particularly harmful in cases of decreased thyroid function, with plausible adverse consequences on future neurodevelopment.
Feedbacks in q-ary environments are even more harmful in case of MP decoding.
Hence, empirical antimicrobial therapy that lacks anti-pseudomonal activity could be harmful in case of pseudomonas bacteremia.
In addition, in order not to underestimate the awareness of the population, a second question was added 'Do you think that modern medicines can be harmful in case of normal use and normal doses?'.
We thus combined this question to a second one ('Do you think that modern medicines can be harmful in case of normal use and normal doses?') to define our outcome of interest.
