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This Fortnight in Medicine XXVI
Vinay, John, and Andrew Address Left Atrial Appendage Closure
19 hrs ago
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John Mandrola
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Vinay Prasad
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Andrew J Foy
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The Theatre of Treatment
We cannot assume that treatment effects are observable at the individual patient level.
May 19
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Aleksi Raudasoja
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If not for placebo procedures, you might be getting holes drilled into your heart
Two weeks ago, I wrote about how brave orthopedic surgeons saved many people from needless knee surgery. Yet cardiologists may be the bravest group of…
May 18
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John Mandrola
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When does shared decision-making mean recommending ineffective therapies?
What is the differential efficacy between a good treatment and a less good treatment that allows a doctor to completely forgo discussion of the inferior…
May 15
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Adam Cifu, MD
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Hantavirus, What You Need to Know
Public health messaging around the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak has been, ‘there is an extremely low risk to the general public,’ but this is…
May 13
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Vinay Prasad
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I Invented a Headache to Test AI. Here’s What I Found.
Putting AI to the test.
May 12
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Bobby Dubois MD, PhD
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Evidence Appraisal Is NOT like a Rorschach Test
Let me take a break from specific study review to tell you about a comment I heard this week
May 11
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John Mandrola
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Shortening Medical School Will Not Improve Medical Education
A bit of a rant
May 8
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Adam Cifu, MD
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This Fortnight in Medicine XXV
Paxlovid and a Polypill
May 6
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Adam Cifu, MD
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John Mandrola
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Andrew J Foy
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Empathy in the Age of AI
AI’s challenge to the medical profession requires us to think deeply about what it means to care for patients. The machines sound like they care. The…
May 5
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John lantos
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Bravery (and Humility) is Needed to do Proper Medical Science
Hundreds of thousands of knee arthroscopic meniscus repairs are done. At a cost of $10,000 per surgery. Now let me tell you about the FIDELITY trial…
May 4
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John Mandrola
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Welcome Back Vinay Prasad
A reflection on four years of Sensible Medicine and what is ahead for SM 3.0
May 1
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Adam Cifu, MD
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John Mandrola
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Vinay Prasad
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