Publisher's Synopsis
For anyone who concurs that it′s what you learn after you′ve learned it all that counts, this book will serve as an ever–fascinating, commendably contrarian post–graduate course that examines – and, with a sharpshooter′s precision, shatters – some of neurology′s most cherished shibboleths. For anyone who has ever admired Dr Landua′s classic contributions to the "Views and Reviews" section of Neurology, it will simply be that most delightful of rarities, a book of lively controversies for doctors. It is not a laundry list of facts to memorize, but rather an absorbing, witty and intellectually exhilarating good read! Most of the reviews and letters to the editor are accompanied by consequent responses from Landau or the original author. The neurological subjects include critical analyses of the pathophysiology and epidemiology of conditions like ataxia, spasticity, fainting, parkinsonism, and stroke. These then are discussed in relation to the evidence that particular treatments and remedies are efficacious or even rational. But in the same manner he attachs the controversies regarding cholesterol, breast cancer, particulate matter in the atmosphere, dioxin poisoning and the risk of surviving cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
