https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1151622880175652865
And a rebuttal:
https://twitter.com/BenMazer/status/1149329073598074883
Iatrogenesis
On Medical Conservatism
Conmpelling Case For Medical Conservatism:
"BMJ reviewed 3000 treatments & found that 1/2 were of unknown effectiveness & only 11% were clearly beneficial."Great manifesto with common sense advice from @drjohnm @VPrasadMDMPH@adamcifuhttps://t.co/64BhHDOuz5
— Allen Frances (@AllenFrancesMD) March 14, 2019
On Unnecessary Medical Care
1/ In a congressional hearing on health care costs earlier this week, expert testimony indicated that 30-60% of the approx. $3.6 trillion we spend on medicine is wasteful. (see James testimony here) https://t.co/JRLhI9SdZW
— Jeneen Interlandi (@JInterlandi) July 20, 2018
Also see these two interesting articles:
Overkill: An avalanche of unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically and financially. What can we do about it? (The New Yorker)
When Evidence Says No, but Doctors Say Yes: Long after research contradicts common medical practices, patients continue to demand them and physicians continue to deliver. The result is an epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful treatments. (The Atlantic)
Medical Error 3rd Leading Cause of Death in the United States
Official: Medical Error = 3rd Leading Cause of Death in US (BMJ) https://t.co/weiounzELI pic.twitter.com/stwBvXzVNR
— Jonathan Treasure (@herbological) August 16, 2017
Why Health Care Must be Reformed
Our > $3T little problem for which little is being done to fix pic.twitter.com/DY0yQJQpgV
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 28, 2017
On Corruption in Medicine
Is there a difference btw corruption and conflict of interest?
Timely in the age of rampant corruptionhttps://t.co/OHC5s6Usji pic.twitter.com/4kJBmXuL5i— Vinay Prasad (@VinayPrasad82) May 27, 2017
A Sadly Beautiful Quote
“Commercial interests, reporting bias, secrecy, ethically dubious studies and inertia are the ingredients of contemporary research and publication practices.”
We need to restore the credibility of the "E" of EBM starting from med publishing
[with Tom Jefferson] IThttps://t.co/0NCsrm9xq9@pash22 pic.twitter.com/vimm99gLHj— Luca De Fiore (@lucadf) February 2, 2017
Concerning Censorship of Medical Doctors Offering Nutritional Advice
Preventing a medical doctor from speaking on the subject of nutrition to their patients is a very strange thing. If the food we eat is the cornerstone of our health, how can a doctor help patients to regain health if they are not allowed to talk about food?
Medical Doctors Punished & Silenced for Giving “Unapproved” High Fat Dietary Advice https://t.co/RRsimqxwco
— Weston A. Price (@WestonAPrice) February 5, 2017
Approximately 90% of medications given to newborns are not approved by the FDA for use in children so young.
~90% of medications given to newborns are not approved by the FDA for use in children so young. https://t.co/CftGLkMhxv
— STAT (@statnews) January 7, 2017