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Solomon said the “$64,000 question” raised by his findings is why post hoc clinical studies—which look at patients already receiving statins as part of a larger patient group—find no association between statins and the frequency of bone fractures, while observational studies—which administer statins and lipid-lowering drugs to patients—find such an association...
...post-hoc analyses...are often small and only include a restricted population,” he wrote. These studies typically focus on “high-risk cardiac patients” who “may not be the group of patients likely to benefit from statins with respect to bone mineral density,” he added...
...mentoring hole by compiling painstaking lists of design principles--lessons learned when particular engineering techniques either did or didn't work. That system should serve in a pinch, but the lab is determined never to let the teaching system lapse again. "Mentoring is something we've been doing ad hoc for years," Manning says. "That's allowed us to collectively grow...
...thumbs down," says a Senate Republican staffer involved in the planning. The GOP staffers feared a repeat of the Bork and Thomas hearings where the audience was predominantly hostile. So in addition to the skyboxes, there has been a consistent presence of Roberts?s supporters, including apparently ad hoc groups like 'Women for Roberts...
Some of the efforts made at first seemed oddly ad hoc. Two days after the storm, the Department of Health and Human Services e-mailed cruise lines to ask whether they might help with rescue and relief efforts. Industry officials had no idea where their ships would anchor, how passengers would board or where the boats would get food and potable water. It would have been a reasonable idea if it had been vetted months in advance...