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The 10-year Anniversary of Medical Experts Biggest Flub
The Study of the Week goes back in time to visit one of Medicine's most consequential errors. A story of hubris and groupthink run amok
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John Mandrola
5
The Hospital: A Total Institution
A Sensible Medicine guest post
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Chad Raymond
64
In Bed
What a 57-year-old Joan Didion essay can teach you about migraines and caring for people with subjective symptoms.
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Adam Cifu, MD
14
Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Medicine: Beyond Headlines
A framework for AI tools in patient care, and an appraisal of the latest “AI beats doctors” headline
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Arman Shahriar
17
43:14
How Not to Get Fooled by the Medical Literature - Part 5 Placebo Effect and Sham Interventions
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
, 
John Mandrola
, and 
Adam Cifu, MD
7
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
13
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
44
The Etiology of Denial
I can’t possibly be in denial
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Mary Braun Bates, MD
78
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
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