Archive - Sensible Medicine

Why Executive Health Physicals Make Me Nuts

Complete with a suggestion of an alternative perk companies can provide their already well-perked execs.

Mar 21 •

Spreadsheets, Meetings, Lunches, and Paychecks

A response to a recent post that dealt with excrement and bodily fluids.

Mar 20 •

Rebecca S Silverman, MPH

Why shadowing Vinay Prasad convinced me to become an oncologist

A day at San Francisco General Hospital

Mar 19 •

The IAMI Study: The Forgotten Influenza Vaccine Trial

A potentially important study that has had little impact.

Mar 18 •

How a Meta-Analysis can Mislead—The Story of Complete vs Culprit-only PCI in STEMI

Andrew Foy provides the Study of the Week--a critical appraisal of an influential but highly flawed meta-analysis.

Mar 17 •

Vaccine Injured and Ignored

This guest post tells the story of a vaccine injured person. Perhaps most surprising is how little support she received from the public health…

Mar 15 •

Sepsis Screening Decreases Mortality. Well, not really.

Critical appraisal of an article and criticism of a journal

Mar 14 •

Making a Connection

The virtual house call.

Mar 13 •

2025 - COVID-19 Vaccine Variant Target: Who Should Choose?

The regulatory history of the fall 2024 COVID-19 vaccine campaign provides insight into vaccine policy and has implications for the future of annual…

Mar 12 •

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Planned Home Birth - Marty Makary’s Blind Spot

Analyzing the current data on home births.

Mar 11 •

Joseph W. Rall, DO

Coronary Artery Calcium Trial Fails to Impress

CAUGHT-CAD is actually a randomized controlled trial using CAC, but it fails to support use of CAC imaging. It is the Study of the Week.

Mar 10 •

Who should serve on the vaccine advisory committee (ACIP)?

If you're designing a vaccine trial for Pfizer, should you vote on Merck?

Mar 8 •

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