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A Standing Ovation for CHALLENGE
Now and then, a study grabs the interest of the editors and readers of Sensible Medicine to such a degree that we seem unable to let it rest. Here, Dr…
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Blase Polite
7
Marketing Disguised as Science Embarrasses Everyone Involved
A prominent medical journal embarrrasses itself by publishing a flawed study from the American Board of Internal Medicine. Critical appraisal lessons…
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John Mandrola
36
The Etiology of Denial
I can’t possibly be in denial
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Mary Braun Bates, MD
76
Advice for Internship
It is that time of year!
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Adam Cifu, MD
13
Primum Non Nocere
“First, Do No Harm”
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Cory Rohlfsen
33
This Fortnight in Medicine (Episode II)
Tumor DNA cancer screening and the sepsis bundle
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Adam Cifu, MD
 and 
John Mandrola
2
38:10
Randomized Trials Should Determine Causality and Be Useful in the Clinic—But Sometimes Accomplish Neither
The recent RCT comparing lactated ringers vs normal saline fails to answer the decades-old question. Here is why.
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John Mandrola
20
Residency’s First Life Lesson
A Sensible Medicine Guest post
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Marcy Henderson, MD
31
Subjectivity, RCTs, Exercise, and Colon Cancer
Why critical appraisal is endlessly fascinating and why “following the science” is a lot more difficult than it sounds.
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Adam Cifu, MD
22
The NIH Just Canceled Funding for HIV Vaccine Research – Is That Wrong?
Dr Joe Marine is back with a persuasive argument that the reordering of scientific funding priorities are not that scary.
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Joseph Marine, MD
82
How Not to Get Fooled by the Medical Literature - Part 4 Diagnostic Tests
The most common question we get asked is: is there a course on how to become better at critically reading medical research.
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Vinay Prasad
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John Mandrola
, and 
Adam Cifu, MD
3
36:39
Good Ideas Require Testing – The Lessons of the NUDGE CKD Trial
Policy interventions can affect more people than specific treatments; they should also have to pass muster in randomized trials
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John Mandrola
6
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