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Residency’s First Life Lesson
A Sensible Medicine Guest post
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Marcy Henderson, MD
26
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.
 • 
Adam Cifu, MD
20
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.
 • 
Joseph Marine, MD
66
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.
 • 
Vinay Prasad
, 
John Mandrola
, and 
Adam Cifu, MD
2
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
 • 
John Mandrola
4
Another Note on Disagreement
Saturday’s post from Dr.
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John Mandrola
80
Six Reasons to Become a Dermatologist
Not including the factors often cited by those less “in the know.”
 • 
Adam Cifu, MD
10
Why Clean Drinking Water is Overrated
A Sensible Medicine Guest Post
 • 
Holland Kaplan
34
White Coats, Fomites, and Surrogate Endpoints
Venting about a pet peeve and teaching about surrogate endpoints
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Adam Cifu, MD
45
Can We Give the New FDA Leadership a Chance
The public town hall conversations are both a huge step in the right direction and a welcome change from the previous FDA leadership
 • 
John Mandrola
26
This Fortnight in Medicine
A New Sensible Medicine Series
 • 
Adam Cifu, MD
 and 
John Mandrola
5
37:08
Rotavirus Vaccination Deserves Nuanced Discussion
RFK Jr and Malcolm Gladwell overlook important data
 • 
Wil Ward
40
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