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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Treatment of Drug Addiction
If Kennedy is confirmed as the next secretary of HHS, his vision and values around addiction could transform lives.
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Sally Satel
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The Case for Pardoning Fauci
Dr. Joseph Marine is back with a compelling argument for a preemptive pardon for Dr. Fauci. The editors are split on his case. You decide.
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Joseph Marine, MD
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PROFID EHRA: The Most Important Trial of the Decade in Cardiology
The PROFID EHRA trial will test the benefit of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator in patients who have LV dysfunction after an MI.
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John Mandrola
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To Improve Public Trust, the CDC Should Embrace Nuance
It is my pleasure to introduce this guest post by Joseph Marine.
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Joseph Marine, MD
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Friday Reflection 47: Patients Make the Hardest Decisions
Doctors often get credit (or blame) for having to make difficult, life-and-death decisions. But really, it is all of us, when we are patients, who make…
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Adam Cifu, MD
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X's Community Notes Are a Model for Public Health Success—Will Meta Actually Follow Suit?
It is my pleasure to introduce this guest column by two of UCSD’s finest: Matthew Allen, a medical student and John Ayers, a professor with expertise in…
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Matthew Allen
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John W. Ayers
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A conversation with Margaret McCartney, MD, PhD regarding evidence-based medicine and conflicts of interest
Listen now | A conversation with Margaret McCartney
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John Mandrola
4
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On Euthanasia and Medicine
A reflection on the Hippocratic Oath
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Martin Greenwald, M.D.
58
Drug-eluting coronary stents: a masterclass in (broken) evidence translation?
The genie isn't going back in the bottle, but I hope someone can explain the drug-eluting stent phenomenon to me. Because evidence doesn't seem to.
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John Mandrola
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A Very Tepid Defense of the Physical Exam
Complete with examples and stock images
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Adam Cifu, MD
96
In Search of Motives
We ask Why because we are curious. We ask Why because it alters the consequences. And finally, we ask Why with the hope of understanding and preventing.
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Dinah Miller, MD
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Scourges of the '70s, Defeated!
For New Year’s, I thought an important post would be one looking back at health threats from the 1970s that we have defeated.
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Adam Cifu, MD
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