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Friday Reflection 55: The Wisdom of Colleagues
Concerning our oldest patients, we are more fortunate to have them in our practices than they are to have us as their doctors.
Nov 14
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Adam Cifu, MD
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A Brief Reply to Wil Ward and the Wearable Cardiac Defibrillator (LifeVest)
As a gift to the paying subscribers, I will offer some additional thoughts regarding Dr.
Nov 13
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John Mandrola
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‘I See It Work’ Is Bad Evidence
Here is Dr Wil Ward on the downsides of anecdote as data, He uses the LifeVest wearable cardiac defibrillator and VEST trial as an example. This is…
Nov 12
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Wil Ward
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MASLD: Another Disease Label for a Risk Factor that Leads to Overtesting
We pay close attention to issues of overdiagnosis and overtreatment at Sensible Medicine.
Nov 11
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Julie Laurence
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Emma Glaser
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The PISCES Trial -- A Breakthrough or Fishy Win
The nephrology and cardiology worlds are scratching their heads trying to understand how fish oil could benefit patients on dialysis that much!
Nov 10
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John Mandrola
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Concierge Medicine Signals the Failure to Invest in Primary Care
At this point in my career, I know what I do well and what I do less well.
Nov 7
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Adam Cifu, MD
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This Fortnight in Medicine XII
BP control in the "frail" elderly and pneumococcal vaccination in all they elderly
Nov 5
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Adam Cifu, MD
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John Mandrola
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Andrew J Foy
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Why Aren’t More Health Policy Commentators Libertarians?
This is the sort of essay I love.
Nov 4
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Charlie Silver
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The PSA Screening Test and Humility
NEJM publishes 23 year results of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer trial. Only one word comes to mind: humility
Nov 3
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John Mandrola
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The Universal Language of Clinical Medicine: A "Foreign" Doctor’s Perspective
At the end of the day, primary care physicians just want to do the right thing, at the right time, in a way that feels right.
Nov 1
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Paula Damasco
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Blue After-Visit Summaries, COVID Vaccines, and Cancer
In December 2020, South Korea changed the color of the “after visit summary” form given to every patient after they visit a physician.
Oct 31
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Adam Cifu, MD
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The rise of autism and ADHD diagnoses: What’s Behind the Numbers?
It seems that whether one thinks rates of neurodevelopmental disorders have increased or have stayed stable has little to do with actual data. Here is…
Oct 28
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Katalin Niklasson
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Maria Råstam
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Alla Lidström
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Peik Gustafsson
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Sophia Eberhard
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Lena Eriksson
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Michelle Nilsson
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Rose-Marie Lindkvist
, and
Sebastian Lundström
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