Posted on Sep 6, 2023 | Comments Off on ‘Scoping’ Is Why The IARC Controversy Will Never Go Away – And That French Group Needs Replaced
The International Agency for Research on Cancer(IARC) was once so heralded in a field so rigorous and methodologically conservative that epidemiologists were last to accept a hereditary aspect of cancer. That's right, they didn't see enough evidence to think family history of cancer mattered, and only agreed when overwhelming data were found. They were so thorough that when they declared smoking...
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Posted on Sep 4, 2023 | Comments Off on The Economist Use Of Breezy Correlation Works For Economics – But Science, No
I have often felt that "The Economist" is one of the best-edited publications around. Since it primarily involves economics, and there is no scientific basis to it beyond supply and demand, it is easy to appreciate writing and editing, the same way I could be impressed if the world had a great magazine devoted to astrology.Sometimes "The Economist" forgets its wheelhouse and ends up looking more...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2023 | Comments Off on #MedEd: How Well Doctors Use Social Media To Combat Misinformation
If you go to social media, you can see a lot of suspect claims about fad diets, unapproved medical devices, therapies, and conspiracy theories. Many of them have names with "Dr." attached.How is the public to know a "Dr." may be a PhD or an EdD or an osteropath or someone else who didn't go to medical school and become an M.D.? How should physicians respond? From the years 1998 to 2021, coastal...
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