Tag: Evidence Based Medicine
Mass interventionism: can lack in long term evidence to support it
This headline is from the current issue of the BMJ. It was in an article about prescribing to children.
‘Ignoring the long term risks’
This headline comes from an article in the current issue of the BMJ. The article is actually about NHS planning. However it occurred to me that this headline could also … Continue reading ‘Ignoring the long term risks’
Evidence Based Medicine [EBM]
EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE can be both evidence and medicine if it includes: s u b j e c t i v i t y – there is no view from … Continue reading Evidence Based Medicine [EBM]
RATS
Most studies on psychiatric drugs go no further than studying 12 weeks exposure. If a marginal benefit is proven, this is sufficient for the drug to be approved and marketed … Continue reading RATS
‘To influence others by offering money’
As published in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, Volume 60, Number 4, April 2022:
Medicine remains as conflicted as ever
This opinion piece by Dr Margaret McCartney was published in the BMJ on 27 May 2022. It can be accessed in full here. Medicine remains as conflicted as ever—we need … Continue reading Medicine remains as conflicted as ever
The illusion of evidence based medicine
This opinion piece, which has been peer reviewed, was published in the BMJ 16 March 2022. In the two weeks since it has been published it had had nearly 20 … Continue reading The illusion of evidence based medicine