Heart attack equipoise

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Musings on the point of equipoise for investigating and discharging chest pain patients in light of a new paper in the Lancet describing a rapid rule-out protocol for acute coronary syndromes (the ASPECT trial).

CT Safety and Radiation Risk

Is a cancer epidemic be looming over the horizon? The universality of CT as the investigation du jour, and growing concerns about the risks of radiation.

A World of Wimps?

Dr. Doyle is the author of an interestingly titled upcoming book titled “Suck It Up, America: The Tough Choices Needed for Real Health-Care Reform”. He laments the current epidemic of hypochondriasis, the universal expectation of a pill to cure every ill and the how modern society has warped our perceptions of risk.