Jennifer E. DeVoe, MD, DPhil JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(2):177-178. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.5132 My teaching session with the medical student at the end of the day … More
Category: Evidence-based Medicine
Watch “Evidence Based Medicine Has Been Hijacked by Dr Aseem Malhotra | PHC Conference 2019” on YouTube
Insightful and fascinating glimpse into how medical science has been, and continues to be, distorted by special interests and ideological … More
Dietary carbohydrate restriction as the first approach in diabetes management: Critical review and evidence base – ScienceDirect
“The benefits of carbohydrate restriction in diabetes are immediate and well documented. Concerns about the efficacy and safety are long … More
Scientists rise up against statistical significance
Our call to retire statistical significance and to use confidence intervals as compatibility intervals is not a panacea. Although it … More
Opioid Policy: The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Medpage Today
Great insight and perspective by Heath McAnally, MD, MSPH, regarding the sometimes reactive, albeit good intentioned, response of gov’t and private … More
The generalist curse | Canadian Healthcare Network – Physicians
In the days before we were smart, doctors used to name things after famous dead doctors. This gave us Morton’s … More
Fish Oil Flops for Asthma Control in Overweight Youth | Medpage Today
Fish oil supplementation was not associated with improvements in asthma-related outcomes among overweight/obese teens and young adults with uncontrolled asthma … More
Check Your Scientism!
You might be Scientismist if… …you source-cite frantically to substantiate your views, even if you haven’t analyzed the data or … More
