Distribution of conference questions
Austin Frakt February 28, 2015
Via Ari Friedman: @afrakt
Via Ari Friedman: @afrakt
Sometimes clinical trialists collect data but fail to publish the results. I know, because I am one of these bad trialists. It happens remarkably often.
If driven by belief in a positive outcome, the placebo effect would seem to require deceit. After all, if one knows one is taking a sugar
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Let me just quote from the email: The Translation and Communications Interest Group is sponsoring a Twitter chat with Dr. Austin Frakt on Wednesday, February
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Just in time for oral argument, Tim Jost and James Engstrand have a new article out on King v. Burwell. In it, they march through
One of the favorite complaints of doctors when we confront them with the over using technology and overtreating patients is that they demand it. Do
I recently posted on TIE about my concerns that some of the rhetoric used against anti-vaccinator parents would be counterproductive and reinforce their resistance to