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Category Archives: Medicine
You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation
Paul A. Offit MD wrote this 2021 book: #1: Nature reveals its secrets slowly, grudgingly, and often with a human price. Scientists, clinicians, academicians, and pharmaceutical company executives must stay humble and respect the requisite learning curve that comes with … Continue reading
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NEJM: ‘Building Black Wealth — The Role of Health Systems in Closing the Gap’
The New England Journal of Medicine September issue packs a punch on behalf of blacks as against whites: It will not be enough for health systems to simply offer the wealth-building opportunities we have outlined. Rather, they need to make … Continue reading
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Diagnosis, Therapy, and Evidence: Conundrums in Modern American Medicine
Here are some highlights from this 2009 book: * Americans are besieged by advice about the efficacy of medical therapies and drugs as well as behavioral and dietary modifications that will presumably prevent disease, promote health, and extend longevity. Scarcely … Continue reading
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Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption
Marcia Angel writes in 2009 for the New York Review Of Books: Consider the clinical trials by which drugs are tested in human subjects.5 Before a new drug can enter the market, its manufacturer must sponsor clinical trials to show … Continue reading